Peak District Music Centres

Analysis

Peak District Music Centres is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Buxton. It was registered in December 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. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Peak District Music Centres reported income of £49k and spending of £60k, spending 122% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £30k to £49k (+65%), an average of +13% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2022, when income rose by 76%. Over the whole period it spent 105% 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, Peak District Music Centres sits at the 69th percentile: it is larger than about 69% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 60th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include North Devon Museum Trust (£49k), Harthill Youth Centre (£49k) and Risborough & District Model Railway Club (£49k).