The Music in Secondary Schools Trust

Analysis

The Music in Secondary Schools Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in April 2013, 13 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it makes grants to organisations, provides human resources and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2026, The Music in Secondary Schools Trust reported income of £1.3m and spending of £1.6m, spending 126% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income grew from £982k to £1.3m (+29%), an average of +6.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 529%. Over the whole period it spent 59% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, The Music in Secondary Schools Trust sits at the 94th percentile: it is larger than about 94% 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 York St John Students' Union (£1.3m), St Albans Community Association (£1.3m) and Values Academy (£1.3m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 76%, donations and legacies 12% and investments 11%. Charitable activities took 90% of spending and raising funds 9.8%. Grants to other organisations totalled £486k. Reserves of £5.0m would cover about 37 months of spending at that rate. It employed 11 people.

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.