Lancaster Community Music Trust

Analysis

Lancaster Community Music Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Lancaster. It was registered in April 1997, 29 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 02944161). It says it makes grants to individuals, provides human resources and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Lancaster Community Music Trust reported income of £21k and spending of £19k, spending 89% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £3,313 to £21k (+532%), an average of +59% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2022, when income rose by 229%. Over the whole period it spent 105% 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, Lancaster Community Music Trust sits at the 50th percentile: it is larger than about 50% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 45th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Woburn Sands Band (£21k), The Rob Knox Foundation (£21k) and The Burgon Society (£21k).