Friends of Staffordshire's Young Musicians

Analysis

Friends of Staffordshire's Young Musicians is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Stafford. It was registered in May 1994, 32 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Friends of Staffordshire's Young Musicians reported income of £25k and spending of £30k, spending 120% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income fell from £52k to £25k (-52%), an average of -17% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2025, when income rose by 91%. Over the whole period it spent 61% of the income it received.

Among 17,634 England and Wales charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Friends of Staffordshire's Young Musicians sits at the 55th percentile: it is larger than about 55% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 49th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Wispa Friends of Westfields Infant School (£25k), West Bridgford (Notts ) Division Guide Association (£25k) and Spark the Noise (£25k).