British Association for Performing Arts Medicine

Analysis

British Association for Performing Arts Medicine is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in June 2016, 10 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives, arts/culture/heritage/science and other charitable purposes, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides services, provides advocacy/advice/information and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending December 2025, British Association for Performing Arts Medicine reported income of £1.4m and spending of £1.2m, spending 85% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £927k to £1.4m (+47%), an average of +10% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 44%. Over the whole period it spent 95% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, British Association for Performing Arts Medicine sits at the 91st percentile: it is larger than about 91% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 95th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Against Breast Cancer Limited (£1.4m), The Centre for Emotional Health (£1.4m) and The Congregation of the Daughters of Wisdom (£1.4m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 100%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £10k. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £419k would cover about 4 months of spending at that rate. It employed 16 people.