The Sir Keith Showering Young Musicians' Award

Analysis

The Sir Keith Showering Young Musicians' Award is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Wells. It was registered in February 2002, 24 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 trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Sir Keith Showering Young Musicians' Award reported income of £10k and spending of £14k, spending 135% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £8,331 to £10k (+25%), an average of +5.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 15%. Over the whole period it spent 153% 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 Sir Keith Showering Young Musicians' Award sits at the 33rd percentile: it is larger than about 33% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 32nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include St Dominic's Priory Parent and Friends Association (£10k), Friends of Duxford School (£10k) and Upstart Theatre Limited (£10k).

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.