Richmond Upon Thames Music Trust Company Limited

Analysis

Richmond Upon Thames Music Trust Company Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Twickenham. 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 company (Companies House number 04218180). It says it provides human resources, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Richmond Upon Thames Music Trust Company Limited reported income of £1.8m and spending of £1.8m, spending 101% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £1.3m to £1.8m (+40%), an average of +8.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 18%. Over the whole period it spent 98% 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, Richmond Upon Thames Music Trust Company Limited sits at the 97th percentile: it is larger than about 97% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 96th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Bronte Society (£1.8m), Wessex Rivers Trust (£1.8m) and The Polish Institute and Sikorski Museum (£1.8m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 77% and donations and legacies 23%. Charitable activities took 92% of spending and raising funds 5.7%. Reserves of £494k would cover about 3 months of spending at that rate. It employed 107 people.