Shropshire Music Trust

Analysis

Shropshire Music Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Shrewsbury. It was registered in April 1984, 42 years ago. Its declared purposes cover arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending June 2025, Shropshire Music Trust reported income of £64k and spending of £64k, spending 101% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2021 to June 2025, income grew from £23k to £64k (+178%), an average of +29% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2022, when income rose by 168%. Over the whole period it spent 85% 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, Shropshire Music Trust sits at the 73rd percentile: it is larger than about 73% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 64th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Docklands Sinfonia (£64k), Windrush Foundation (£64k) and Polish Saturday School in Brighton and Hove (£64k).