Music Camp Trust

Analysis

Music Camp Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Buckinghamshire. It was registered in August 1978, 48 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 acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending April 2025, Music Camp Trust reported income of £1.4m and spending of £78k, leaving 94% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £47k to £1.4m (+2768%), an average of +131% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2025, when income rose by 7024%. Over the whole period it spent 16% 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, Music Camp 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 95th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Manchester Junior Girls School (£1.3m), Valleys Kids (£1.4m) and Barnsley Civic Enterprise Ltd. (£1.3m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 98%. Charitable activities took 100% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £1.1m would cover about 167 months of spending at that rate.