The Junior School at the Royal Northern College of Music Endowment Trust

Analysis

The Junior School at the Royal Northern College of Music Endowment Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Manchester. It was registered in September 1988, 38 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 trust. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending August 2025, The Junior School at the Royal Northern College of Music Endowment Trust reported income of £16k and spending of £28k, spending 175% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income fell from £27k to £16k (-40%), an average of -12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2023, when income rose by 127%. Over the whole period it spent 58% 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, The Junior School at the Royal Northern College of Music Endowment Trust sits at the 43rd percentile: it is larger than about 43% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 40th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Blackdowns Early Music Projects (£16k), The Treforest Boys' Club (£16k) and Whaddon Village Hall and Recreation Ground Trust (£16k).