Music Matters in Oswestry and the Borderlands

Analysis

Music Matters in Oswestry and the Borderlands is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Shropshire. It was registered in March 2020, 6 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides services.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Music Matters in Oswestry and the Borderlands reported income of £17k and spending of £26k, spending 153% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £5,603 to £17k (+202%), an average of +32% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2022, when income rose by 410%. Over the whole period it spent 74% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Music Matters in Oswestry and the Borderlands sits at the 49th percentile: it is larger than about 48% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 41st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Aid for Himalayan Education (£17k), Worthington Primary School Parent Teacher Association (£17k) and Oldfield Park Junior School PTA (£17k).