MUSICIANS BENEVOLENT FUND
Activities
As described by the charity on the register
The Musicians Benevolent Fund relieves need amongst professional musicians and their dependants and advances musical education for young musicians.
Latest income
£5.7m
Expenditure
£9.2m
Financial year end
2025-12-31
Income & spending history
As reported to the Charity Commission, by financial year end
| Year end | Income | Expenditure | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-12-31 | £7.1m | £12.6m | |
| 2022-12-31 | £5.6m | £11.2m | |
| 2023-12-31 | £6.5m | £11.3m | |
| 2024-12-31 | £7.1m | £10.0m | |
| 2025-12-31 | £5.7m | £9.2m |
Latest detailed return
Year end 2025-12-31 · consolidated (group) figures
Income mix
| Donations & legacies | £4.9m |
| Charitable activities | £7k |
| Trading | £45k |
| Investment income | £726k |
| Total income | £5.7m |
Spending
| Charitable spend | £7.5m |
| Raising funds | £1.7m |
| Grants to institutions | £80k |
| Governance | £214k |
| Total expenditure | £9.2m |
Balance sheet
| Reserves | £7.4m |
| Total funds | £47.9m |
| — restricted | £11.4m |
| — unrestricted | £34.0m |
| — endowment | £2.5m |
| Total assets | £47.9m |
| Cash | £2.9m |
People
| Employees | 70 |
Classification
The charity's own register classification
What it does
- General Charitable Purposes
- Education/training
- The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
Who it helps
- Other Defined Groups
How it works
- Makes Grants To Individuals
- Makes Grants To Organisations
- Provides Services
- Sponsors Or Undertakes Research
Source: Charity Commission for England and Wales register, 2026-07-28. Detailed figures as filed in the charity's annual return. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.