Leicester Cathedral Music Foundation
Analysis
Leicester Cathedral Music Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Leicester. It was registered in December 2015, 11 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and religious activities, which this site groups under religion. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides services.
In the financial year ending December 2025, Leicester Cathedral Music Foundation reported income of £77k and spending of £102k, spending 131% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £123k to £77k (-37%), an average of -11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 138%. Over the whole period it spent 63% of the income it received.
Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Leicester Cathedral Music Foundation sits at the 56th percentile: it is larger than about 56% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 67th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Binley Coventry (£77k), The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Mary the Virgin St Marychurch, Torquay. (£77k) and The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Holy Spirit, Southsea, Diocese of Portsmouth (£77k).
Data notes from the register: The latest annual return was received after its deadline.
Income and spending
Where the income comes from
- Other 100%
In the charity's own words
Grant scholarships or bursaries to and train musicians, choristers and choirs to help them progress in their music training and experience; provide grants to support the salaries of staff in the music department; provide and maintain music, musical instruments etc. used for music within the Cathedral; provide musical and choral education in schools, churches and the community.