Tunbridge Wells International Music Competition

Analysis

Tunbridge Wells International Music Competition is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Kent. It was registered in November 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 company (Companies House number 01456829). It says it other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Tunbridge Wells International Music Competition reported income of £21k and spending of £3,571, leaving 83% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £14k to £21k (+49%), an average of +10% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income rose by 160%. Over the whole period it spent 91% 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, Tunbridge Wells International Music Competition sits at the 50th percentile: it is larger than about 50% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 45th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Kendal Community Theatre (£21k), Ulcombe New Village Hall (£21k) and Bromley Barbershop Harmony Club (£21k).