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North Yorkshire Music Therapy Centre

Registered · see notesRegistered charity number 702533YorkHealth and saving lives
Income£77k2025-12-31
Spending£166ksame year
Spent / received123%5-year average
Size in its cause59th pctHealth and saving lives
Registered1990Other
Employees–latest return

Analysis

North Yorkshire Music Therapy Centre is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in York. It was registered in February 1990, 36 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it provides services, provides advocacy/advice/information and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending December 2025, North Yorkshire Music Therapy Centre reported income of £77k and spending of £166k, spending 217% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £93k to £77k (-18%), an average of -4.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2025, when income dropped by 56%. Over the whole period it spent 123% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, North Yorkshire Music Therapy Centre sits at the 59th percentile: it is larger than about 59% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 67th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust Charity (£77k), Poole Pentecostal Church (£77k) and Balvimaa Charity Trust (£77k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.

Income and spending

£0£54k£109k£163k£217k2021 Income: £93,4212021 Spending: £95,69720212022 Income: £134,5862022 Spending: £117,87520222023 Income: £122,5522023 Spending: £146,20020232024 Income: £175,9322024 Spending: £217,48120242025 Income: £76,7012025 Spending: £166,1782025
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In the charity's own words

North Yorkshire Music Therapy Centre provides a community-based service to help families whose lives are affected by illness or disability. Music Therapy involves active music making as a means of improving physical, psychological and emotional functioning. The charity also provides information, further education, presentations/workshops and a programme of cultural events.

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Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust CharityBirmingham£77k
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Balvimaa Charity TrustMilton Keynes£77k
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