Durham Music Trust

Analysis

Durham Music Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Durham. It was registered in October 2016, 10 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 makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Durham Music Trust reported income of £12k and spending of £14k, spending 114% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £10k to £12k (+19%), an average of +4.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2024, when income rose by 188%. Over the whole period it spent 68% 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, Durham Music Trust 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 Bella Cora (£12k), Mold and District Choral Society/Cymdeithas Gorawl Yr Wyddgrug Ar Cylch (£12k) and The Buckinghamshire Gardens Trust (£12k).