Changing Tunes

Analysis

Changing Tunes is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bristol. It was registered in November 2011, 15 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 07791242). It says it other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Changing Tunes reported income of £821k and spending of £755k, spending 92% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £499k to £821k (+65%), an average of +13% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income rose by 26%. Over the whole period it spent 90% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Changing Tunes sits at the 93rd percentile: it is larger than about 93% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 93rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Society for Research Into Higher Education (£820k), Whitelands College (£821k) and Sloane Robinson Foundation (£819k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 60% and charitable activities 38%. Charitable activities took 86% of spending and raising funds 13%. Reserves of £464k would cover about 7 months of spending at that rate. It employed 27 people.