Blackburn Musical Theatre Company

Analysis

Blackburn Musical Theatre Company is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Blackburn. It was registered in January 1983, 43 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training and 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 August 2025, Blackburn Musical Theatre Company reported income of £55k and spending of £44k, leaving 21% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £154 to £55k (+35615%), an average of +335% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2022, when income rose by 16071%. Over the whole period it spent 89% 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, Blackburn Musical Theatre Company sits at the 71st percentile: it is larger than about 71% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 62nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Hervey Benham Charitable Trust (£55k), Arab Welfare Association (£55k) and Friends of the Harris (£55k).