The Dacapo Music Foundation Limited

Analysis

The Dacapo Music Foundation Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in May 2010, 16 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 06698862). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending August 2025, The Dacapo Music Foundation Limited reported income of £351k and spending of £372k, spending 106% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £248k to £351k (+42%), an average of +9.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2022, when income rose by 21%. Over the whole period it spent 105% 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 Dacapo Music Foundation Limited 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 87th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Genesis Foundation (£351k), Norfolk Community Arts Limited (£352k) and Art History Link-Up (£351k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.