The Temple Music Foundation

Analysis

The Temple Music Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in December 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 04594413). It says it makes grants to organisations, provides services and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Temple Music Foundation reported income of £513k and spending of £629k, spending 122% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £235k to £513k (+119%), an average of +22% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income rose by 60%. Over the whole period it spent 107% 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 Temple Music Foundation sits at the 92nd percentile: it is larger than about 92% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 90th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Institute of Imagination (£512k), East Riding Theatre Limited (£513k) and The Queens Hall, Narberth (£512k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 63% and charitable activities 36%. Charitable activities took 100% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Grants to other organisations totalled £11k. Reserves of £60k would cover about 1 months of spending at that rate. It employed 2 people.