BRITISH YOUTH MUSIC THEATRE

Registered charity 1103076 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as YMT UK, YOUTH MUSIC THEATRE UK · also registered in Scotland as SC039863 (OSCR)

BYMT is the UK's national organisation providing musical theatre activities for young people across the UK. It is an Arts Council England National Portfolio Organisation (NPO). Its core programme links young people from their local/regional productions into formal training at drama school or conservatoire. BYMT also run a variety of other open access projects, courses and schools workshops.

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Latest income

£1.3m

Latest spending

£1.2m

Registered

2004

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity achieved a surplus of £25,605 for the year ended 31 December 2025, resulting in an increase in total unrestricted reserves to £98,205. The trustees report that reserves are being built up in line with their policy target of £175,000, and the auditors confirmed there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: Over £60,000 — below the median for charities its size (£70k)

“One employee was paid more than £60,000 per annum during the period” — page 25

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Employees paid over £60,000: 1

“One employee was paid more than £60,000 per annum during the period” — page 25

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £98k; policy: £175,000)

“Reserves being built up in line with the policy” — page 5

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by George Hay & Company. Discloses 6 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

Top pay band moved from more than £60,000 (FY2024) to Over £60,000 (FY2025).

Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.

Corporate structure

Registered company of the charity Companies House 04985332

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

USED, Jackson — director, appointed 30/09/2025on trustee list
GRANT, Elaine Evadnie — director, appointed 30/09/2025on trustee list
NICE, Rebecca — director, appointed 30/09/2025on trustee list
SHARE, Sarah — director, appointed 30/09/2025on trustee list
COX, Rachel — director, appointed 30/09/2025on trustee list
LEE, Lexine — director, appointed 03/12/2024not on trustee list
UNSWORTH, Francesca Mary — director, appointed 05/07/2022on trustee list
MILLSON, Simon Mark — director, appointed 09/11/2019on trustee list
JONES, Roger Alexander — director, appointed 05/03/2019on trustee list
SHUCKBURGH, Aniela — director, appointed 10/07/2018on trustee list
SIDDLE, Philip Mathew — director, appointed 01/01/2013on trustee list

Official officers record.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)

Total income

£1.3m

Total spending

£1.2m

Cost of raising funds

£44k

Reserves (reported)

£98k

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~0.9 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (48% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 3.5% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Register events

Received assets from another charity (15/12/2023) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

Simon Mark Millsonchair · trustee of 1 other charity
Aniela Shuckburgh · trustee of 2 other charities
Elaine Grant · trustee of 2 other charities
Francesca Unsworth
Jackson Used
PHILIP MATTHEW SIDDLE
Rachel Cox
Rebecca Nice
Roger Jones · trustee of 1 other charity
Sarah Share

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Ireland · Northern Ireland · Scotland

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£1.3m	£1.2m
31/12/2024	£1.5m	£1.4m
31/12/2023	£1.2m	£1.2m
31/12/2022	£1.6m	£1.5m
31/12/2021	£1.5m	£1.5m

Common questions

Is BRITISH YOUTH MUSIC THEATRE financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity achieved a surplus of £25,605 for the year ended 31 December 2025, resulting in an increase in total unrestricted reserves to £98,205. The trustees report that reserves are being built up in line with their policy target of £175,000, and the auditors confirmed there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by George Hay & Company.

What does the highest-paid employee of BRITISH YOUTH MUSIC THEATRE earn?

Per its FY2025 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the Over £60,000 band, and 1 employees earned over £60,000.

Who funds BRITISH YOUTH MUSIC THEATRE?

Funders whose own accounts filings name BRITISH YOUTH MUSIC THEATRE as a grant recipient include JOHN ELLERMAN FOUNDATION, THE MACKINTOSH FOUNDATION, THE AUSTIN AND HOPE PILKINGTON TRUST, SCHRODER CHARITY TRUST, THE NOEL COWARD FOUNDATION.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
JOHN ELLERMAN FOUNDATION	FY2024	£90k	Towards core costs to strengthen their management and expand artistic capacity
THE MACKINTOSH FOUNDATION	FY2024	£22k
THE MACKINTOSH FOUNDATION	FY2023	£22k
THE AUSTIN AND HOPE PILKINGTON TRUST	FY2025	£5k	Grant Round 2 - £5,000
SCHRODER CHARITY TRUST	FY2025	£4k
THE NOEL COWARD FOUNDATION	FY2023	£4k	New Music Theatre Award

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
London Borough of Southwark	31/03/2024	£17k	Grant to British Youth Music Theatre

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE KIRBY LAING FOUNDATION	2	£424k
THE IDLEWILD TRUST	2	£31k
BLUESPARK FOUNDATION	1	—
THE REED FOUNDATION	1	—
THE GUYLL-LENG CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£455k
THE MAYOR OF LONDON'S FUND FOR YOUNG MUSICIANS	1	£391k
THE ROYAL NORTHERN COLLEGE OF MUSIC ENDOWMENT FUND	1	£372k
THE JULIA RAUSING TRUST	1	£300k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE NATIONAL YOUTH THEATRE OF GREAT BRITAIN.

THE NATIONAL YOUTH THEATRE OF GREAT BRITAIN income £4.0m
National Youth Music Theatre Ltd income £605k
BRITISH YOUTH OPERA income £446k
BROMLEY YOUTH MUSIC TRUST income £1.8m
THE NATIONAL YOUTH ORCHESTRA OF GREAT BRITAIN income £5.2m
LEWISHAM YOUTH THEATRE LTD income £397k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
BRITISH YOUTH MUSIC THEATRE	£1.3m	Over £60,000	1	below	—	no doubt
THE NATIONAL YOUTH THEATRE OF GREAT BRITAIN FY2025	£4.0m	—	—	within	—	no doubt
National Youth Music Theatre Ltd FY2024	£605k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
BRITISH YOUTH OPERA FY2025	£446k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
BROMLEY YOUTH MUSIC TRUST FY2025	£1.8m	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE NATIONAL YOUTH ORCHESTRA OF GREAT BRITAIN FY2025	£5.2m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.