Calderdale Music Limited

Analysis

Calderdale Music Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in West Yorkshire. It was registered in October 2013, 13 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 08597862). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Calderdale Music Limited reported income of £979k and spending of £1.0m, spending 107% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £370k to £979k (+164%), an average of +28% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 74%. Over the whole period it spent 114% 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, Calderdale Music Limited sits at the 95th percentile: it is larger than about 95% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 94th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Council for British Archaeology (£978k), Sheringham Little Theatre Society (£980k) and Royal Borough of Greenwich Heritage Trust (£977k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 60% and donations and legacies 40%. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £296k would cover about 3 months of spending at that rate. It employed 26 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.