Mainland Music Foundation

Analysis

Mainland Music Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in September 2021, 5 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 other finance and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Mainland Music Foundation reported income of £11k and spending of £9,860, spending 89% of its income. Across the 4 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2025, income grew from £2,000 to £11k (+454%), an average of +77% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 1292%. Over the whole period it spent 54% 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, Mainland Music Foundation sits at the 34th percentile: it is larger than about 34% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 33rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Bristol Jazz and Blues Festival (£11k), Orbit Theatre Limited (£11k) and Menheniot Old School Trust (£11k).