Purbeck Youth Music

Analysis

Purbeck Youth Music is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Swanage. It was registered in June 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 organisations, provides other finance and provides services.

In the financial year ending July 2025, Purbeck Youth Music reported income of £32k and spending of £25k, leaving 21% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from July 2021 to July 2025, income grew from £275 to £32k (+11653%), an average of +229% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to July 2022, when income rose by 17698%. Over the whole period it spent 48% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Purbeck Youth Music sits at the 61st percentile: it is larger than about 61% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 53rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Autism Aware UK (£32k), Loraine Michaelis Foundation (£32k) and Royal Agricultural Society of the Commonwealth (£32k).