Cornwall Music Service Trust

Analysis

Cornwall Music Service Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Truro. It was registered in December 2014, 12 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives, disability and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 09268124). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Cornwall Music Service Trust reported income of £1.8m and spending of £1.8m, spending 96% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income fell from £2.1m to £1.8m (-13%), an average of -3.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2022, when income dropped by 26%. Over the whole period it spent 96% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Cornwall Music Service Trust sits at the 93rd percentile: it is larger than about 93% 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 Shaare Zedek UK (£1.8m), Unison Welfare (£1.8m) and 5rights Foundation (£1.8m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 95%, trading 3.1% and donations and legacies 1.5%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £21k. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 0.6%. Reserves of £735k would cover about 5 months of spending at that rate. It employed 111 people.