The Families & Friends of the Oldham Music Centre

Analysis

The Families & Friends of the Oldham Music Centre is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Oldham. It was registered in July 2015, 11 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 incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Families & Friends of the Oldham Music Centre reported income of £12k and spending of £11k, spending 90% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £3,659 to £12k (+238%), an average of +36% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 769%. Over the whole period it spent 43% 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, The Families & Friends of the Oldham Music Centre sits at the 36th percentile: it is larger than about 36% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 35th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Selborne Village Hall (£12k), West Somerset Rural Life Museum (£12k) and Slough Arts Festival (£12k).