Wiltshire Music Centre Trust Ltd

Analysis

Wiltshire Music Centre Trust Ltd is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bradford on Avon. It was registered in September 1993, 33 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, disability and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 02661682). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Wiltshire Music Centre Trust Ltd reported income of £1.2m and spending of £1.3m, spending 105% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £866k to £1.2m (+42%), an average of +9.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 25%. Over the whole period it spent 107% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Wiltshire Music Centre Trust Ltd sits at the 93rd percentile: it is larger than about 93% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 95th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Cornwall Mobility Centre Limited (£1.2m), Gillingham Street Angels (£1.2m) and Victa Children Ltd (£1.2m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 45%, charitable activities 36%, trading 16% and investments 2.8%. Charitable activities took 92% of spending and raising funds 5.9%. Reserves of £710k would cover about 6 months of spending at that rate. It employed 12 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.