The British Music Experience

Analysis

The British Music Experience is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Liverpool. It was registered in September 2008, 18 years ago. Its declared purposes cover arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 06364836). It says it provides services and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending April 2025, The British Music Experience reported income of £958k and spending of £887k, spending 93% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £484k to £958k (+98%), an average of +19% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2022, when income rose by 50%. Over the whole period it spent 101% 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 British Music Experience sits at the 95th percentile: it is larger than about 95% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 94th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include West Cliff (Tendring) Trust (£958k), Serendipity Artists Movement Limited (£958k) and Heart of Glass St Helens Limited (£956k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 67% and trading 33%. Charitable activities took 67% of spending and raising funds 33%. Reserves of £404k would cover about 5 months of spending at that rate. It employed 20 people.