Paragon Music Trust

Analysis

Paragon Music Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bristol. It was registered in June 1980, 46 years ago. Its declared purposes cover arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Paragon Music Trust reported income of £15k and spending of £17k, spending 114% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £15k to £15k (+3.3%), an average of +0.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2025, when income rose by 17%. Over the whole period it spent 103% 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, Paragon Music Trust sits at the 42nd percentile: it is larger than about 42% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 39th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Burnley Orchestra (£15k), Havering Museum Limited (£15k) and Kings Cliffe Community Hive (£15k).

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.