The Music Centre

Analysis

The Music Centre is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in February 2000, 26 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03779148). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Music Centre reported income of £15k and spending of £18k, spending 120% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £13k to £15k (+16%), an average of +3.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 57%. Over the whole period it spent 108% 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 Music Centre sits at the 41st percentile: it is larger than about 41% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 38th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Spaceguard UK (£15k), Kingswood Primary School Fpta (£15k) and The Hedingham Singers (£15k).

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.