Hafren Youth Strings

The charity provides practical support to young musicians who play stringed instruments in Hafren Youth Strings ensembles.It raises funds to enable members to take part in weekly rehearsals, attend special workshops and perform in public concerts.

In the charity's own words, from the register.

In Wales

• Powys

The places the charity told the Commission it works in.

In the year ending 31 December 2025, it had income of £8,169 and spent £4,664.

Figures as the charity reported them to the Charity Commission. Staff and volunteer numbers are only asked of charities with income over £10,000. A year with no row was not reported.

Separate measures from the charity's own returns and accounts, each with its year. Read them together: no single measure says how well a charity is run.

Income over time

Up 274%, from £2,186 in the year to 31 December 2024 to £8,169 in the year to 31 December 2025.

Spending against income

It spent 57% of its income in the year to 31 December 2025. It spent more than its income in 1 of the 2 years shown.

From the annual returns the charity filed with the Charity Commission. The largest funder comes from its accounts, read by AI.

Government grants in the year ending 31 December 2025: £1,500 from 1 grant. Government contracts: Not reported.

From the charity's annual return to the Charity Commission, which asks every charity with income over £10,000 how much came from government grants and contracts. It does not say which part of government. These totals are separate from the named funders read from its accounts and the grants published on 360Giving, and are not added to them.

No grants to this charity appear in 360Giving data.

Only funders that publish their grants to 360Giving are included, and many do not. These are amounts funders awarded, which can differ from what the charity received in a given year, so they are shown apart from the accounts figures above.

4 trustees run the charity.

• Catherine Margaret AndrewsChairAppointed 1 September 2023
• Christopher Alexander HimsworthAppointed 15 May 2024
• Emily Jayne ArmstrongAppointed 1 December 2023
• Kathleen Elizabeth HarveyAppointed 1 December 2023

Trustees are responsible in law for the charity. Names are as they appear on the public register.

Of the last 2 annual returns that were due, 2 arrived by the deadline.

Charities with income over £10,000 send an annual return within 10 months of their year end, and those over £25,000 also send their accounts. Smaller charities only update their income and spending on the register. The dates are when the Commission received each document.

Charity number

1207450

Status

Registered

Registered with the Commission

14 March 2024

Governing document

CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 14 Mar 2024

Council area of its contact address

Powys

• Register details, income, spending, trustees and filing dates: Charity Commission for England and Wales, register of charities. Loaded by OpenEconomy on 2 November 2026.
• Grants awarded: 360Giving open grants data, from funders that publish there, as loaded by OpenEconomy.

• This charity on the Charity Commission register
• 360Giving open grants data
• This charity on OpenEconomy

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