Registered charity 1213636

Cardiff Baroque

What it does

Promoting classical music, primarily baroque and early classical music, through concerts and any other activities that help achieve Cardiff Baroque's objectives.

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

Its charitable purposes

TO PROMOTE, IMPROVE, DEVELOP AND MAINTAIN PUBLIC EDUCATION IN THE ART AND SCIENCE OF MUSIC IN ALL ITSASPECTS, WITH AN EMPHASIS ON BAROQUE MUSIC, BY THE PRESENTATION OF PUBLIC PERFORMANCES, EVENTS AND ANYOTHER ACTIVITIES THAT SUPPORT MUSIC MAKING.

From its governing document, as recorded on the register.

Causes

What it works on: Arts, culture, heritage and science
Who it helps: The general public
How it works: Other charitable activities

The charity chose these from the Charity Commission's list.

Where it works

In Wales

Throughout Wales

The places the charity told the Commission it works in.

Income and spending

In the year ending 31 December 2025, it had income of £1,630 and spent £1,130.

Income, spending, staff and volunteers by financial year
Year ending	Income	Spending	Paid staff	Volunteers
31 December 2025	£1,630	£1,130	Not reported	16

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.

Financial position

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.

Spending against income: It spent 69% of its income in the year to 31 December 2025.

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

Government funding, as the charity reported it

Government grants in the year ending 31 December 2025: Not reported. 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.

Grants awarded to it, published on 360Giving

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.

Trustees

3 trustees run the charity.

Julian Nigel Chardin MusgraveChairAppointed 15 May 2025
Linda Sharon RobinsonAppointed 15 May 2025
Nigel Patrick KeaneAppointed 15 May 2025

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

Filing record

The last annual return that was due arrived by the deadline.

When each year's annual return and accounts were due and received
Year ending	Due	Annual return	Accounts
31 December 2025	31 October 2026	Received 15 June 2026, 138 days early	Received 15 June 2026

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.

About this charity

Charity number: 1213636
Status: Registered
Registered with the Commission: 16 June 2025
Governing document: CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 16 Jun 2025
Website: www.cardiffbaroque.orgAs the charity gave it on the register.
Council area of its contact address: Cardiff

Sources

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.

Elsewhere in the Edau family

Year ending

Income

Spending

Paid staff

Volunteers

31 December 2025

£1,630

£1,130

Not reported

Year ending

Due

Annual return

Accounts

31 December 2025

31 October 2026

Received 15 June 2026, 138 days early

Received 15 June 2026