David Willcocks Music Trust

Analysis

David Willcocks Music Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Chichester. It was registered in January 1990, 36 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 organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2025, David Willcocks Music Trust reported income of £70k and spending of £15k, leaving 78% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £10k to £70k (+572%), an average of +61% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2025, when income rose by 412%. Over the whole period it spent 50% 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, David Willcocks Music Trust sits at the 74th percentile: it is larger than about 74% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 66th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Liskerrett Community Centre (£70k), Poole University of the Third Age (£70k) and Battersea Choral Society (£69k).