Grant-making trust or foundation · Registered charity 1075032
Youth Music: grants and who they fund
Youth Music published 329 grants to organisations from 16 Oct 2023 to 12 Dec 2025, worth £18.9m in total. The typical (median) grant was £30k, and London was the area funded most often.
Stated aims
What the charity says it does (Charity Commission register):
Youth Music is a national charity investing in music-making projects for children and young people experiencing challenging circumstances.
Charitable objects (governing document):
The objects of the Charity are, for the public benefit, to advance the education of the public (especially young people), in particular, in the arts and culture.
Where it operates (Charity Commission register):
- Throughout England
Grant sizes
Grants to organisations from 16 Oct 2023 to 12 Dec 2025. Smallest £3,623, largest £200k, average £57k.
| Grant size | Grants | Share |
|---|---|---|
| £1,000 to £4,999 | 1 | 0% |
| £5,000 to £9,999 | 13 | 4% |
| £10,000 to £49,999 | 190 | 58% |
| £50,000 to £99,999 | 41 | 12% |
| £100,000 to £249,999 | 84 | 26% |
| Year | Grants | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 145 | £6.6m |
| 2024 | 131 | £8.3m |
| 2023 | 53 | £4m |
Example recipients
Registered organisations that received grants, largest first. Organisations only: grants to individuals are never shown.
| Organisation | Grants | Total | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| AutismAble CIC | 2 | £257k | 22 Oct 2025 |
| Art Against Knives | 2 | £200k | 22 Oct 2025 |
| B Sharp | 1 | £200k | 26 Oct 2023 |
| Lincolnshire Music Service | 1 | £200k | 7 Nov 2024 |
| Quench Arts | 1 | £199k | 7 Nov 2024 |
| Made with Music | 2 | £192k | 7 Nov 2024 |
| Free 2 Talk CIC | 1 | £158k | 7 Nov 2024 |
| Groundswell Arts | 1 | £157k | 3 May 2024 |
| Jack Drum Arts | 1 | £150k | 26 Oct 2023 |
| Untold Creative Training | 1 | £150k | 22 Oct 2025 |
| Concerteenies | 1 | £150k | 22 Oct 2025 |
| In Music In Media C.i.c | 1 | £150k | 23 Oct 2025 |
| TiPP | 1 | £150k | 26 Oct 2023 |
| Sound Communities CIC | 1 | £150k | 26 Oct 2023 |
| Offshoots East Midlands C.I.C | 1 | £150k | 27 Oct 2023 |
Areas funded
Beneficiary locations given in the grant data, by number of grants.
| Area | Grants |
|---|---|
| London | 49 |
| North West | 40 |
| West Midlands | 36 |
| South East | 35 |
| Yorkshire & The Humber | 33 |
| East of England | 29 |
| North East | 28 |
| South West | 26 |
| East Midlands | 24 |
| England | 22 |
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Source: grants data published by Youth Music through 360Giving (GrantNav data, fetched 23 Oct 2026), licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0). Figures are our own summary of that data: 329 grants to organisations awarded 16 Oct 2023 to 12 Dec 2025. Stated aims, charity number and areas of operation are from the Charity Commission register.
Licence: Contains public sector information from the Charity Commission for England and Wales, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Open Government Licence v3.0. Grants data from Youth Music, CC BY 4.0.
Last updated: 23 October 2026. Information only, not funding advice; check the funder's own guidance before applying. Brightbench is not connected to Youth Music.