Misfits Music Foundation

Analysis

Misfits Music Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Birmingham. It was registered in September 2020, 6 years ago. Its declared purposes cover 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 September 2025, Misfits Music Foundation reported income of £198k and spending of £172k, spending 87% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2021 to September 2025, income grew from £58k to £198k (+243%), an average of +36% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2022, when income rose by 78%. Over the whole period it spent 86% 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, Misfits Music Foundation sits at the 85th percentile: it is larger than about 85% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 81st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The National Youth Jazz Collective (£198k), Wycombe Community Arts Centre (£198k) and Hanham Community Centre (£198k).