Lancaster Priory Music Trust

Analysis

Lancaster Priory Music Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Lancaster. It was registered in June 2008, 18 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 trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Lancaster Priory Music Trust reported income of £14k and spending of £8,293, leaving 40% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £17k to £14k (-19%), an average of -5.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income rose by 100%. Over the whole period it spent 75% 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, Lancaster Priory Music Trust sits at the 39th percentile: it is larger than about 39% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 37th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Coronation Hall (£14k), Buckley Theatre Club (£14k) and Symphonic Wind Orchestra of North London (£14k).