Blackdowns Early Music Projects

Analysis

Blackdowns Early Music Projects is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cullompton. It was registered in March 2014, 12 years ago. Its declared purposes cover arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Blackdowns Early Music Projects reported income of £16k and spending of £16k, spending 98% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £14k to £16k (+14%), an average of +3.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 113%. 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, Blackdowns Early Music Projects sits at the 43rd percentile: it is larger than about 43% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 40th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Whaddon Village Hall and Recreation Ground Trust (£16k), The Junior School at the Royal Northern College of Music Endowment Trust (£16k) and Orchestra Pro Anima (£16k).