The Vivien and Peter Beckwith Young Musicians Trust

Analysis

The Vivien and Peter Beckwith Young Musicians Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in December 1992, 34 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations and provides other finance.

In the financial year ending April 2025, The Vivien and Peter Beckwith Young Musicians Trust reported income of £10k and spending of £92k, spending 877% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income fell from £141k to £10k (-93%), an average of -48% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2022, when income dropped by 81%. Over the whole period it spent 263% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, The Vivien and Peter Beckwith Young Musicians Trust sits at the 37th percentile: it is larger than about 37% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 32nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Friends of Salcombe School Association (£10k), The Association of Friends of St Nicholas School (£10k) and The Friends of Luckington School (£10k).

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.