Ovation Music

Analysis

Ovation Music is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Chichester. It was registered in February 2016, 10 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science and recreation, 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 August 2025, Ovation Music reported income of £46k and spending of £37k, spending 82% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income fell from £59k to £46k (-22%), an average of -6.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2022, when income dropped by 40%. Over the whole period it spent 109% 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, Ovation Music sits at the 68th percentile: it is larger than about 68% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 59th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Eclectic Voices Society (£46k), Middleton Popstars Academy of Performing Arts Ltd (£46k) and Beckington Memorial Hall (£46k).