The Friends of the Northamptonshire Music and Performing Arts Trust

Analysis

The Friends of the Northamptonshire Music and Performing Arts Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Northampton. It was registered in August 2004, 22 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. It says it makes grants to organisations and provides human resources.

In the financial year ending August 2025, The Friends of the Northamptonshire Music and Performing Arts Trust reported income of £12k and spending of £14k, spending 114% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £2,863 to £12k (+325%), an average of +44% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2022, when income rose by 144%. 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, The Friends of the Northamptonshire Music and Performing Arts Trust sits at the 36th percentile: it is larger than about 36% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 35th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Devon & Exeter Medical Heritage Trust (£12k), Ashingdon School Parent Staff Association (£12k) and Suffolk Singers (£12k).