Pie Factory Music

Analysis

Pie Factory Music is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Ramsgate. It was registered in May 2003, 23 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 04602033). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending April 2025, Pie Factory Music reported income of £375k and spending of £378k, spending 101% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £372k to £375k (+0.7%), an average of +0.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2024, when income rose by 50%. Over the whole period it spent 88% 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, Pie Factory Music sits at the 90th percentile: it is larger than about 90% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 88th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Music Theatre Wales (£374k), The Cultural Spring (£375k) and Theatre Centre Limited (£374k).