Love Music Trust

Analysis

Love Music Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cheshire. It was registered in August 2012, 14 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 08123495). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Love Music Trust reported income of £1.3m and spending of £1.1m, spending 89% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £808k to £1.3m (+58%), an average of +12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2025, when income rose by 22%. Over the whole period it spent 96% 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, Love Music Trust sits at the 96th percentile: it is larger than about 96% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 95th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Clean Break Theatre Company (£1.3m), Curious Minds (£1.3m) and Art Explora UK (£1.3m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 55% and charitable activities 45%. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Grants to other organisations totalled £67k. Reserves of £297k would cover about 3 months of spending at that rate. It employed 10 people.