Musical Boroughs Trust

Analysis

Musical Boroughs Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in May 2019, 7 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, disability, arts/culture/heritage/science and human rights/religious or racial harmony/equality or diversity, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it makes grants to organisations and provides other finance.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Musical Boroughs Trust reported income of £35k and spending of £36k, spending 104% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £1,464 to £35k (+2289%), an average of +121% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 2118%. Over the whole period it spent 75% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Musical Boroughs Trust sits at the 49th percentile: it is larger than about 49% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 55th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Veronique Charitable Trust (£35k), Doncaster Mencap (£35k) and South Devon and Cornwall Institution for the Blind (£35k).