The Michael Tippett Musical Foundation

Analysis

The Michael Tippett Musical Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in September 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 organisations.

In the financial year ending August 2025, The Michael Tippett Musical Foundation reported income of £65k and spending of £41k, leaving 37% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £35k to £65k (+85%), an average of +17% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2024, when income rose by 93%. Over the whole period it spent 74% 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 Michael Tippett Musical Foundation sits at the 73rd percentile: it is larger than about 73% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 65th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Friends of Jesmond Library (£65k), Lincoln Amateur Operatic and Dramatic Society (£65k) and Llanwrtyd & District Heritage and Arts Centre (£65k).