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the york early music foundation

The charity supports children and young people, people with disabilities, and the general public. The York Early Music Foundation is a registered charity whose purpose is education and training. It delivers its work by making grants to organisations. The charity is based in York and operates in England And Wales.


This page summarises publicly available information about the charity, including its activities, beneficiaries, and registration details, based on official records.

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Activities & Mission

The principal activity of the charity is to foster, promote and increase public interest in, and knowledge and understanding of, the Arts in general and, in particular, Medieval, Renaissance, Baroque and Classical music.

Fundraising

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Financial Information

Latest Income
£859,751
Latest Expenditure
£904,217

Financial Efficiency

Program Ratio 95.1%
% of income going directly to charitable activities
Overall Efficiency 90.4%
% of expenditure going to programs (vs overhead)
Administrative Ratio 10.3%
Overhead (fundraising + governance) as % of total expenditure

Latest Financial Breakdown

Income Sources

Donations & Legacies £69,127
Charitable Activities £574,780
Other Trading £205,686
Investments £5,158
Other Income £5,000

Expenditure Categories

Charitable Expenditure £817,474
Raising Funds £86,743
Governance £6,380
Grants to Institutions £0
Other Expenditure £0

Financial Trend

Annual Returns

Financial YearIncomeExpenditureCharitable SpendingNet AssetsReservesStaff
2024£859,751£904,217£817,474£2,034,039£143,1438 / 25
2023£831,299£864,394£783,181£2,078,505£159,7637 / 27
2022£683,233£749,548£691,816£2,111,600£2,111,6008 / 20
2021£700,234£633,233£611,495£2,177,915£2,177,9159 / 19
2020£992,435£819,123£739,830£2,110,914£288,7638 / 18

Staff column shows: Employees / Volunteers