Music for Youth

Analysis

Music for Youth is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Birmingham. It was registered in November 1982, 44 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science and amateur sport, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 01611491). It says it provides services and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Music for Youth reported income of £686k and spending of £685k, spending 100% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £641k to £686k (+7.1%), an average of +1.7% a year. 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, Music for Youth sits at the 93rd percentile: it is larger than about 93% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 92nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Royal Historical Society (£684k), The Grierson Trust (£686k) and Beavers Arts Limited (£683k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 77% and charitable activities 23%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £7,400. Charitable activities took 95% of spending and raising funds 4.1%. Grants to other organisations totalled £500. Reserves of £102k would cover about 2 months of spending at that rate. It employed 6 people.