Open Up Music

Analysis

Open Up Music is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bristol. It was registered in May 2016, 10 years ago. Its declared purposes cover disability and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 06414209). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Open Up Music reported income of £982k and spending of £851k, spending 87% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £561k to £982k (+75%), an average of +15% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2023, when income rose by 21%. Over the whole period it spent 96% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Open Up Music sits at the 92nd percentile: it is larger than about 92% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 94th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Watford Sheltered Workshop Limited (£981k), Community Vision (Voluntary Infrastructure Support Involving Organisations and Networks) CIO (£982k) and Made by Dyslexia (£980k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 86% and charitable activities 14%. Charitable activities took 70% of spending and raising funds 11%. Reserves of £423k would cover about 5 months of spending at that rate. It employed 13 people.