Music in Hospitals and Care

Analysis

Music in Hospitals and Care is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Tanner Street. It was registered in December 1995, 31 years ago. Its declared purposes cover 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 03138683). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2026, Music in Hospitals and Care reported income of £1.1m and spending of £1.2m, spending 106% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income grew from £816k to £1.1m (+40%), an average of +8.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2026, when income rose by 38%. Over the whole period it spent 136% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Music in Hospitals and Care sits at the 90th percentile: it is larger than about 90% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 94th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Oaktree Family Group Ltd (£1.1m), Durham Community Action Limited (£1.1m) and The Amar International Charitable Foundation (£1.1m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 81%, charitable activities 14%, trading 3.2% and investments 1.1%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £241k. Charitable activities took 78% of spending and raising funds 20%. Reserves of £470k would cover about 5 months of spending at that rate. It employed 24 people.

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.