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.

Objects

TO PROMOTE MAINTAIN IMPROVE AND ADVANCE THE EDUCATION AND TRAINING PRINCIPALLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PERSONS BY THEIR PARTICIPATION AND INVOLVEMENT WITH ALL ASPECTS OF THE PERFORMANCE OF EDUCATIONAL MUSICAL PRODUCTIONS INCLUDING THEATRE DANCE DRAMS MUSIC SINGING LITERATURE SCULPTURE AND PAINTING AND THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF THE ARTS GENERALLY.

Area of benefit: NATIONAL AND OVERSEAS

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Education/training · Arts/culture/heritage/science · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Leeds, Yorkshire and The Humber, England (from the postcode on the register)

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

“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.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2025

Volunteers: 5
Government income: £153,864 — grants £153,864 (1); 12% of the £1,275,138 total gross income on the same return
Employees paid over £60,000: 1 (£60,001–£70,000: 1)

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2024

Volunteers: 7
Government income: £160,926 — grants £160,926 (2); 11% of the £1,476,496 total gross income on the same return
Employees paid over £60,000: 1 (£60,001–£70,000: 1)

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2023

Volunteers: 5
Government income: £188,567 — grants £188,567 (3); 16% of the £1,207,245 total gross income on the same return

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

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 4.7 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 (5.3%) (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
MARIA BJORNSON MEMORIAL FUND	3	£50k
THE IDLEWILD TRUST	3	£47k
THE HAROLD HYAM WINGATE FOUNDATION	2	£18k
THE MARCHUS TRUST	2	£10k
THE KIRBY LAING FOUNDATION	1	£500k
THE NISBET TRUST	1	£365k
THE JULIA RAUSING TRUST	1	£300k
THE FRANK JACKSON FOUNDATION	1	£235k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with National Youth Music Theatre Ltd.

National Youth Music Theatre Ltd income £950k
THE NATIONAL YOUTH THEATRE OF GREAT BRITAIN income £4.0m
BRITISH YOUTH OPERA income £446k
MUSIC FOR YOUTH income £686k
BLYTH MUSIC AND THEATRE COMPANY income £29k
THE NATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR YOUTH MUSIC income £13.3m

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
National Youth Music Theatre Ltd FY2025	£950k	—	0	below	—	no doubt
THE NATIONAL YOUTH THEATRE OF GREAT BRITAIN FY2025	£4.0m	—	—	within	—	no doubt
BRITISH YOUTH OPERA FY2025	£446k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
MUSIC FOR YOUTH FY2025	£686k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
BLYTH MUSIC AND THEATRE COMPANY FY2025	£29k	—	0	above	—	no doubt

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