South West Music School

Analysis

South West Music School is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bristol. It was registered in October 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 07307202). It says it provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending August 2025, South West Music School reported income of £293k and spending of £325k, spending 111% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income fell from £303k to £293k (-3.4%), an average of -0.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2022, when income dropped by 21%. 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, South West Music School sits at the 88th percentile: it is larger than about 88% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 85th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Bridge Theatre Training Company (£293k), Stroud Valleys Artspace Limited (£294k) and Westward Inner-City Sport & Education (Wise) Youth Trust (£292k).

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.