Cathedral Music Trust

Analysis

Cathedral Music Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in February 2020, 6 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 organisations, provides advocacy/advice/information and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Cathedral Music Trust reported income of £1.2m and spending of £1.0m, spending 87% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £843k to £1.2m (+41%), an average of +9.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 183%. Over the whole period it spent 81% 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, Cathedral Music Trust sits at the 96th percentile: it is larger than about 96% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 94th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Thomas Heatherley Educational Trust (£1.2m), Sinfonietta Productions Limited (£1.2m) and The Avenues Youth Project (£1.2m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 75%, investments 21% and charitable activities 2.8%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £189k. Charitable activities took 78% of spending and raising funds 20%. Grants to other organisations totalled £470k. Reserves of £168k would cover about 2 months of spending at that rate. It employed 7 people.