Newham Music Trust

Analysis

Newham Music Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in October 1995, 31 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives, disability and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03118107). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Newham Music Trust reported income of £1.4m and spending of £1.5m, spending 104% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from July 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £1.2m to £1.4m (+23%), an average of +5.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2024, when income rose by 149%. Over the whole period it spent 97% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Newham Music Trust sits at the 91st percentile: it is larger than about 91% 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 Smethwick Asra Limited (£1.4m), Watoto Child Care Ministries (£1.4m) and Orthopaedic Research UK (£1.4m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 93%, donations and legacies 6.2% and investments 1.1%. Charitable activities took 97% of spending and raising funds 2.1%. Reserves of £433k would cover about 3 months of spending at that rate. It employed 78 people.