East Anglian Traditional Music Trust

Analysis

East Anglian Traditional Music Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Suffolk. It was registered in October 2000, 26 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. It says it provides services, provides advocacy/advice/information and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending March 2025, East Anglian Traditional Music Trust reported income of £29k and spending of £43k, spending 151% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £20k to £29k (+41%), an average of +8.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 91%. Over the whole period it spent 110% 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, East Anglian Traditional Music Trust sits at the 58th percentile: it is larger than about 58% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 51st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Wessex Male Choir (£29k), The University of the Third Age (Luton) (£29k) and Dorset County Arts and Crafts Association (£29k).

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.