Kirklees Music School

Analysis

Kirklees Music School is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Queen Street South. It was registered in August 1992, 34 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 02737172). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Kirklees Music School reported income of £2.2m and spending of £2.2m, spending 103% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £1.8m to £2.2m (+25%), an average of +5.6% a year. Over the whole period it spent 103% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Kirklees Music School sits at the 95th percentile: it is larger than about 95% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 96th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Open University Students Association (£2.2m), Anglia Region of the Guide Association (£2.2m) and Nancy Reuben Primary School (£2.2m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 93%. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £1.0m would cover about 6 months of spending at that rate. It employed 74 people.

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.