British Forum for Ethnomusicology

Analysis

British Forum for Ethnomusicology is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Staffordshire. It was registered in April 2018, 8 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. It says it makes grants to individuals, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending December 2025, British Forum for Ethnomusicology reported income of £21k and spending of £23k, spending 108% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £18k to £21k (+18%), an average of +4.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 35%. Over the whole period it spent 94% 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, British Forum for Ethnomusicology sits at the 50th percentile: it is larger than about 50% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 45th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Roche and District Young Farmers Club (£21k), Dacorum Community Choir (£21k) and The Sutton Hoo Society (£21k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.