The Premises Music Education Programme

Analysis

The Premises Music Education Programme is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in November 1996, 30 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03258356). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Premises Music Education Programme reported income of £170k and spending of £157k, spending 93% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £102k to £170k (+67%), an average of +14% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 65%. Over the whole period it spent 62% 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, The Premises Music Education Programme 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 The Moira Furnace Museum Trust Limited (£170k), The Sealed Knot Limited (£170k) and Open School East (£170k).