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Cymdeithas Alawon Gwerin Cymru (Welsh Folk Song Society)

  • 4 trustees
  • Income £9k (2025)

Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources

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Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.

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About

What it does
Arts/culture/heritage/science
Where
Throughout Wales
Website
www.canugwerin.com (opens in a new tab)
Registered
1971

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£9k£5k
  • 2024£29k£8k
  • 2023£4k£7k
Earlier years
  • 2022£5k£2k
  • 2021£6k£3k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Charitable objects

THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN WELSH TRADITIONAL MUSIC BY THE COLLECTION, PRESERVATION AND PERFORMANCE OF THE SAID MUSIC, THE PUBLICATION OF SUCH EXAMPLES OF THE SAID MUSIC AS MAY BE DEEMED ADVISABLE AND THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF RESEARCH INTO ITS HISTORY BOTH LITERARY AND MUSICAL/AMCANION Y GYMDEITHAS FYDD ADDYSGU'R CYHOEDD YM MAES CERDDORIAETH DRADDODIADOL GYMREIG TRWY GASGLU, CADW A PHERFFORMIO'R CYFRYW GERDDORIAETH, TRWY GHOEDDI ENGHREIFFTIAU ADDAS O'R CYFRYW GERDDORIAETH A THRWY HYRWYDDO YMCHWIL I'W HANES YN LLENYDDOL A CHERDDOROL.

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.

2y median 2y
average tenure
2y
longest tenure
0
trustees past 6 years
0.5y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (4)

0
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Arts/culture/heritage/science 4

Gaps to watch

  • No commercial or business experience on the board
  • Narrow spread of causes across the board
  • Mostly recent joiners - limited long-term continuity

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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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£9k latest income · income exceeded spending in 2024 and 2025

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
259772
Status
Registered
Governing document
CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 1910 AS AMENDED 4 AUGUST 1971 AND 12 SEPTEMBER 1981.
Contact on the register
01970610160 · rhcgriffiths@btinternet.com
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
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