Adderbury Music Trust

Analysis

Adderbury Music Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Banbury. It was registered in September 1990, 36 years ago. Its declared purposes cover arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. It says it other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Adderbury Music Trust reported income of £25k and spending of £35k, spending 139% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £1,300 to £25k (+1817%), an average of +109% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 5064%. Over the whole period it spent 91% of the income it received.

Among 17,634 England and Wales charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Adderbury Music Trust sits at the 55th percentile: it is larger than about 55% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 49th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Market Lavington Community Hall Management Trust (£25k), The Arts Society Surrey Hills (£25k) and Huddersfield and District Family History Society (£25k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.