B:music Ltd

Analysis

B:music Ltd is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Birmingham. It was registered in March 1996, 30 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 03169600). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending March 2025, B:music Ltd reported income of £13.6m and spending of £13.4m, spending 99% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £9.6m to £13.6m (+42%), an average of +9.2% a year. Over the whole period it spent 94% 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, B:music Ltd sits at the 99th percentile: it is one of the largest 1% in its cause. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 99th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The National Foundation for Youth Music (£13.3m), Caribbean Biodiversity Fund (£14.1m) and York Archaeological Trust for Excavation and Research Limited (£13.1m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 76%, trading 21%, investments 1.8% and donations and legacies 1.0%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £1,323. Charitable activities took 86% of spending and raising funds 14%. Reserves of £1.1m would cover about 1 months of spending at that rate. It employed 247 people.