Furness Music Centre

Analysis

Furness Music Centre is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Kirkby-In-Furness. It was registered in February 2006, 20 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 individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides human resources.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Furness Music Centre reported income of £45k and spending of £44k, spending 97% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £17k to £45k (+173%), an average of +28% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2022, when income rose by 147%. Over the whole period it spent 100% 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, Furness Music Centre sits at the 67th percentile: it is larger than about 67% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 59th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include St Denys Area Community Association (£45k), The Reading Symphony Orchestra (£45k) and Sutton on Derwent Village Hall (£45k).