Dorset Rural Music School, Limited

Analysis

Dorset Rural Music School, Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Dorset. It was registered in January 1964, 62 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 00751458). It says it makes grants to individuals, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Dorset Rural Music School, Limited reported income of £185k and spending of £36k, leaving 80% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £68k to £185k (+173%), an average of +29% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2025, when income rose by 80%. Over the whole period it spent 80% 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, Dorset Rural Music School, Limited sits at the 85th percentile: it is larger than about 85% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 80th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Tete a Tete Productions Limited (£184k), Grimethorpe Colliery Band Limited (£185k) and Moving Parts Arts CIO (£184k).