Spode Music Week

Analysis

Spode Music Week is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in West Sussex. It was registered in October 1993, 33 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, religious activities and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under religion. It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending September 2025, Spode Music Week reported income of £27k and spending of £33k, spending 121% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2021 to September 2025, income grew from £8,635 to £27k (+217%), an average of +34% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2022, when income rose by 106%. Over the whole period it spent 112% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Spode Music Week sits at the 38th percentile: it is larger than about 38% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 51st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include 6:19 Trust (£27k), Life in Christ Church UK (£27k) and Illuminate Mind Foundation (£27k).

Data notes from the register: The latest annual return was received after its deadline. Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.