Registered charity · Cardiff
Anthem. Music Fund Wales
- 15 trustees
- Income £290k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 20th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Emyr Afan DaviesChair · since 2024
- Ben LewisTrustee · since 2024
- Catrin Hughes RobertsTrustee · since 2021
- Dafydd Herbert-PritchardTrustee · since 2024
- Gwenda Mary CarnieTrustee · since 2023
- Hayley SmithTrustee · since 2023
- Ifunanychukwu Susan Leatrice IwobiTrustee · since 2021
- James RadcliffeTrustee · since 2023
- Kofi Baidu AcheampongTrustee · since 2025
- Laurence Alexander CollierTrustee · since 2023
- Martin Huw GriffithsTrustee · since 2026
- Mx Ella May PearsonTrustee · since 2022
- Natalie Monica RoeTrustee · since 2024
- Rosey Morwenna BrownTrustee · since 2024
- Ryan James SinghTrustee · since 2022
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science
- Where
- Throughout Wales
- Website
- www.anthem.wales (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Anthem. Music Fund Wales
- Registered
- 2019
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£290k£417k
- 2024£204k£309k
- 2023£154k£391k
Earlier years
- 2022£126k£164k
- 2021£5k£79k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 7%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
TO ADVANCE YOUNG PEOPLE IN LIFE AND TO HELP THEM TO ACHIEVE THEIR POTENTIAL THROUGH MUSIC BY:(1)SUPPORTING YOUNG PEOPLE IN WALES AGED FROM 3 TO 25 TO REACH THEIR POTENTIAL THROUGH MUSICAL OPPORTUNITIES AND ACTIVITIES;(2)MAKING ACCESSIBLE MUSICAL OPPORTUNITY ACROSS WALES TO ALL YOUNG PEOPLE AGED FROM 3 TO 25;(3)DEVELOPING MUSICAL OPPORTUNITY IN ALL GENRES AND IN ALL COMMUNITIES;(4)IDENTIFYING AND NURTURING TALENT AND ABILITY; AND(5)SUPPORTING CAREER PATHWAYS IN MUSIC AND THE MUSIC INDUSTRY.
Grants received
9 grants · £559,300 total360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.
Top funders
- Youth Music · £450,000 (2 grants)
- Postcode Community Trust · £90,000 (3 grants)
- SHAREGIFT · £10,000
- The Grocers' Charity · £5,000
- Westminster Foundation · £3,700
Most recent
- Postcode Community Trust
- Postcode Community Trust
Board analysis
Board DNA
How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.
15 trustees on the board
- Emyr Afan Davies Chair since 2024
- Ben Lewis since 2024
- Catrin Hughes Roberts since 2021
- Dafydd Herbert-Pritchard since 2024
- Gwenda Mary Carnie since 2023
- Hayley Smith since 2023
- Ifunanychukwu Susan Leatrice Iwobi since 2021
- James Radcliffe since 2023
- Kofi Baidu Acheampong since 2025
- Laurence Alexander Collier since 2023
- Martin Huw Griffiths since 2026
- Mx Ella May Pearson since 2022
- Natalie Monica Roe since 2024
- Rosey Morwenna Brown since 2024
- Ryan James Singh since 2022
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (14)
- Emyr Afan Davies Chair since 2024
- Catrin Hughes Roberts since 2021
- Dafydd Herbert-Pritchard since 2024
- Gwenda Mary Carnie since 2023
- Hayley Smith since 2023
- Ifunanychukwu Susan Leatrice Iwobi since 2021
- James Radcliffe since 2023
- Kofi Baidu Acheampong since 2025
- Laurence Alexander Collier since 2023
- Martin Huw Griffiths since 2026
- Mx Ella May Pearson since 2022
- Natalie Monica Roe since 2024
- Rosey Morwenna Brown since 2024
- Ryan James Singh since 2022
Portfolio (1)
- Ben Lewis since 2024
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.
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Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1182024
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 07 MAR 2018AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 12 FEB 2019 as amended on 05 Dec 2023
- Companies House
- Company number 11240995 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 07966450299 · post@anthem.wales
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 20th September 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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