Lincoln Cathedral Music Fund

Analysis

Lincoln Cathedral Music Fund is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Lincoln. It was registered in February 1994, 32 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, religious activities, arts/culture/heritage/science and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under religion. It says it makes grants to organisations and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Lincoln Cathedral Music Fund reported income of £111k and spending of £131k, spending 119% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to December 2025, income fell from £241k to £111k (-54%), an average of -18% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 98%. Over the whole period it spent 52% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Lincoln Cathedral Music Fund sits at the 64th percentile: it is larger than about 64% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 72nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Sidcup Baptist Church (£111k), East Dulwich Tabernacle Baptist Church (£111k) and Al-Ahad Foundation (£111k).