Mercury Musical Developments

Analysis

Mercury Musical Developments is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Birmingham. It was registered in April 1995, 31 years ago. Its declared purposes cover arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03039699). It says it provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Mercury Musical Developments reported income of £175k and spending of £193k, spending 111% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £164k to £175k (+6.9%), an average of +1.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 19%. Over the whole period it spent 102% 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, Mercury Musical Developments sits at the 84th percentile: it is larger than about 84% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 79th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Cambridge Early Music (£175k), Kernow Education Arts Partnership (£175k) and Gloucester Choral Society (£175k).