The Loan Fund for Musical Instruments

Analysis

The Loan Fund for Musical Instruments is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Barbican. It was registered in June 1979, 47 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 trust. It says it makes grants to individuals.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Loan Fund for Musical Instruments reported income of £81k and spending of £85k, spending 105% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £61k to £81k (+32%), an average of +7.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 17%. Over the whole period it spent 100% 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, The Loan Fund for Musical Instruments sits at the 76th percentile: it is larger than about 76% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 68th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Cliddesden Village Hall (£81k), The Sussex Guild (£81k) and Cardiff Ardwyn Singers Cantorion Ardwyn Caerdydd (£81k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.