Aldeburgh Music Club

Analysis

Aldeburgh Music Club is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Suffolk. It was registered in November 1990, 36 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science and recreation, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. It says it makes grants to individuals and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending July 2025, Aldeburgh Music Club reported income of £55k and spending of £65k, spending 118% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from July 2021 to July 2025, income grew from £13k to £55k (+313%), an average of +43% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to July 2022, when income rose by 155%. Over the whole period it spent 112% 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, Aldeburgh Music Club sits at the 71st percentile: it is larger than about 71% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 62nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Bright Centres (£55k), Sir Philip Game Boys' Club (£55k) and Priors Marston and Priors Hardwick Village Hall (£55k).

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.