West Sussex Music Trust

Analysis

West Sussex Music Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in West Sussex. It was registered in July 2013, 13 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty, arts/culture/heritage/science and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 08524556). It says it provides human resources, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending August 2025, West Sussex Music Trust reported income of £2.1m and spending of £2.1m, spending 99% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income fell from £2.2m to £2.1m (-5.5%), an average of -1.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2022, when income dropped by 28%. Over the whole period it spent 96% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, West Sussex 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 96th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Keelman Homes Limited (£2.1m), Link Education International (£2.1m) and The Round Square (£2.1m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 52%, charitable activities 46% and investments 1.2%. Charitable activities took 96% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £687k would cover about 4 months of spending at that rate. It employed 73 people.