Potters Bar Community Music School
Analysis
Potters Bar Community Music School is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Potters Bar. It was registered in July 2019, 7 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 provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.
In the financial year ending August 2025, Potters Bar Community Music School reported income of £30k and spending of £28k, spending 94% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £4,785 to £30k (+530%), an average of +58% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2022, when income rose by 293%. Over the whole period it spent 89% 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, Potters Bar Community Music School sits at the 59th percentile: it is larger than about 59% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 52nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include North East Maritime Trust (£30k), Western Association of Ballet Schools (£30k) and Dunnington Reading Room (£30k).
Income and spending
Where the income comes from
- Other 100%
In the charity's own words
We subsidies or free places to children who's families might not be able to pay. The subsidised places are in our orchestras and string groups, out wood wind band and ensembles.
Similar-sized charities, same cause
| Charity | Location | Income |
|---|---|---|
| North East Maritime Trust | South Shields | £30k |
| Western Association of Ballet Schools | Dorset | £30k |
| Dunnington Reading Room | York | £30k |
| Oxford Chamber Music Society | Oxfordshire | £30k |