THE NATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR YOUTH MUSIC — grant history

Registered charity 1075032 · filings on the Charity Commission register

Latest income
£13.3m
Grants listed (FY2025)
192
Listed grants total
£9.8m
Accounts grants total
£9.9m

listed grants reconcile with the accounts totalextracted from its FY2025 accounts

Application guidance — from the funder’s own website

Summarised from www.youthmusic.org.uk · www.youthmusic.org.uk/funding/i-need-funding/trailblazer-fund · www.youthmusic.org.uk/funding on 16/08/2026. Always check the funder’s site before applying.

What this funder supports

Based on the register classifications and operating areas of the grant recipients we could match to the charity register (a subset of all grantees).

Causes funded
  • Education/training (92 grantees)
  • Arts/culture/heritage/science (74 grantees)
  • Disability (43 grantees)
  • Economic/community Development/employment (38 grantees)
  • General Charitable Purposes (32 grantees)
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives (26 grantees)
  • Recreation (24 grantees)
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty (20 grantees)
  • Amateur Sport (15 grantees)
  • Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity (14 grantees)
Where grantees operate
  • Throughout England (23 grantees)
  • Throughout England And Wales (14 grantees)
  • Throughout London (11 grantees)
  • Kent (6 grantees)
  • Surrey (5 grantees)
  • West Sussex (5 grantees)
  • Cornwall (5 grantees)
  • Sunderland (4 grantees)
  • Durham (4 grantees)
  • Newcastle Upon Tyne City (4 grantees)

Grants made, per its accounts filings

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RecipientYearAmountPurpose
Lincolnshire Music ServiceFY2025£200k
Quench ArtsFY2025£199k
Free 2 Talk CICFY2025£158k
Groundswell ArtsFY2025£157k
Songbirds Music UKFY2025£150k
We Make Culture CIOFY2025£150k
ReadipopFY2025£150k
Soft Touch ArtsFY2025£150k
HMDT MusicFY2025£150k
All Star EntertainmentsFY2025£150k
Young Women’s Music Project (YWMP)FY2025£150k
Music Action InternationalFY2025£150k
Higher Rhythm LtdFY2025£150k
TrelyaFY2025£135k
Maines-Beasley Creative LimitedFY2025£132k
Turned On Its HeadFY2025£131k
Evolve MusicFY2025£130k
Rap Club Productions C.I.CFY2025£125k
The Spark Arts For ChildrenFY2025£120k
Take Art LimitedFY2025£120k
The WhitworthFY2025£120k
Whitnash Nursery SchoolFY2025£120k
Magic AcornsFY2025£120k
The Herd TheatreFY2025£120k
TACO!FY2025£120k
Made with MusicFY2025£119k
Bristol Old VicFY2025£118k
London Rhymes LimitedFY2025£108k
Heart n SoulFY2025£105k
Make Some Noise LimitedFY2025£100k
Barbican TheatreFY2025£100k
Beats Bus RecordsFY2025£100k
Bristol BeaconFY2025£100k
Finding Rhythms CIOFY2025£100k
Electric UmbrellaFY2025£100k
Hand OfFY2025£100k
You PressFY2025£100k
Kids On The Green (KOTG) CICFY2025£100k
SoundWaveFY2025£100k
Cambridge JunctionFY2025£100k
Generator North EastFY2025£100k
Tees Music AllianceFY2025£100k
Syrus Consultancy CICFY2025£100k
Lifesize CICFY2025£99k
Come Play With MeFY2025£98k
The Bureau Centre for the ArtsFY2025£90k
Eloquent Praise & Empowerment Dance Company CICFY2025£85k
CRE8FY2025£85k
AudioActiveFY2025£80k
Worcester SnoezelenFY2025£75k
We are MusicFY2025£74k
The Warren Youth ProjectFY2025£73k
Made with MusicFY2025£73k
Get It Loud in LibrariesFY2025£72k
We Need Music CICFY2025£70k
Nottingham CYF ProjectFY2025£60k
Lyrix Organix LtdFY2025£60k
Big Leaf FoundationFY2025£55k
Beacons CymruFY2025£50k
Anthem. Music Fund WalesFY2025£50k
Head to Toe CharityFY2025£50k
Cultural Freelancers CICFY2025£33k
The Roundhouse TrustFY2025£30k
City of Wolverhampton CouncilFY2025£30k
Cosmopolitan ArtsFY2025£30k
Triangular CIOFY2025£30k
Centre for Strategic Aesthetics CICFY2025£30k
Fearless Youth AssociationFY2025£30k
Future Yard CICFY2025£30k
Gawain Hewitt LtdFY2025£30k
GaydioFY2025£30k
Girls Rock LondonFY2025£30k
CarouselFY2025£30k
High Oak Youth and Community CentreFY2025£30k
HMM Arts Ltd (The Hive Music and Media Centre)FY2025£30k
HomeStart KernowFY2025£30k
Bury Metropolitan Arts AssociationFY2025£30k
Beyond the BiasFY2025£30k
Music In Devon InitiativeFY2025£30k
Nrthrn BabyFY2025£30k
OmniMusicFY2025£30k
Pattern and Push LtdFY2025£30k
Saffron Records C.IC.FY2025£30k
Simmer Down Arts CICFY2025£30k
Soundplay Projects LtdFY2025£30k
Sugar Stealers CICFY2025£30k
anam creativeFY2025£30k
Activating Creative Talent CICFY2025£30k
The Kendal Brewery Arts CentreFY2025£30k
Trust LimitedFY2025£30k
The Music WorksFY2025£30k
The Norfolk Virtual School for Children in CareFY2025£30k
Cobalt Studios CICFY2025£30k
Diverse FM Community Media & Training LtdFY2025£30k
Platform Thirty1 LimitedFY2025£30k
Wild Things CharityFY2025£30k
Curious ArtsFY2025£30k
Lifelong Family LinksFY2025£30k
Small Green ShootsFY2025£30k
Reform Radio CICFY2025£30k
Candy ArtsFY2025£30k
Collective Encounters LtdFY2025£30k
Up2stndrdFY2025£30k
Freestyle Academy CICFY2025£30k
ExploreTheArchFY2025£30k
Merseyside Youth AssociationFY2025£30k
Niburu Recordings LtdFY2025£30k
Guru Nanak GurdwaraFY2025£30k
Create Wellbeing Partnerships CICFY2025£30k
Viva Arts and Community Group LtdFY2025£30k
Diverse CityFY2025£30k
Music for the ManyFY2025£30k
Club SodaFY2025£29k
Link Learning LTDFY2025£29k
Swell Music CICFY2025£29k
SenseFY2025£29k
Afghanistan and Central Asian Association (ACAA)FY2025£29k
Grace House North EastFY2025£28k
Climate LiveFY2025£28k
Colne Youth Action GroupFY2025£28k
Remember RhythmFY2025£28k
Hoxton HallFY2025£27k
Cornwall Music Service TrustFY2025£27k
Compass CollectiveFY2025£27k
Shy Bairns CollectiveFY2025£27k
Down Syndrome Development TrustFY2025£27k
Football Unites Racism DividesFY2025£26k
Waves Music TherapyFY2025£26k
Full House TheatreFY2025£26k
Youthsayers CIOFY2025£25k
Brass Bands EnglandFY2025£25k
Ministry Of Life Education CICFY2025£25k
Soundplay Projects LtdFY2025£25k
Ando GlasoFY2025£25k
CarouselFY2025£25k
Caldmore Village Festival LtdFY2025£24k
Reach and Unite Outreach and Empowerment CICFY2025£24k
Carlisle Youth ZoneFY2025£24k
20Twenty Productions CICFY2025£24k
Peckham DigitalFY2025£23k
UK Centre for Carnival Arts (UKCCA)FY2025£23k
Digital WritesFY2025£23k
Club SodaFY2025£22k
Girl Grind UKFY2025£22k
Youth Landscapers CollectiveFY2025£22k
Music at the Heart of TeesdaleFY2025£21k
DaDaFestFY2025£20k
Sound City (Liverpool)FY2025£20k
The F-ListFY2025£20k
Root 73 LtdFY2025£20k
Brighter SoundFY2025£20k
First Artists ManagementFY2025£20k
Punch RecordsFY2025£20k
Helix ArtsFY2025£20k
MarsmFY2025£20k
Find Your VoiceFY2025£20k
Jamming StationFY2025£20k
East Riding Schools Music ServiceFY2025£20k
Together We Make A DifferenceFY2025£20k
Suffolk County CouncilFY2025£19k
Zephron RecordsFY2025£19k
Unique TalentFY2025£18k
Caxton Youth OrganisationFY2025£17k
Tracks AutismFY2025£17k
Synergy Dance OutreachFY2025£17k
Beats Lab CICFY2025£16k
Music at the Heart of TeesdaleFY2025£16k
ContactFY2025£16k
Kingswood ArtsFY2025£16k
Culture Shift CIOFY2025£15k
Oasis RestoreFY2025£15k
Access Community TrustFY2025£15k
Tomorrow’s WarriorsFY2025£15k
Billy & Andy’s Music School CICFY2025£15k
Creative Outbursts CIOFY2025£15k
Tonetic CICFY2025£15k
Creative Optimistic Visions (CIC)FY2025£15k
Arts Education ExchangeFY2025£15k
Hype & Genius CICFY2025£15k
Hastings Fat TuesdayFY2025£15k
One World OrchestraFY2025£15k
Kidology Arts CICFY2025£15k
The Pelican Project Exeter CICFY2025£14k
Sussex Community Development Association (SCDA)FY2025£13k
Aspire4u CICFY2025£11k
Girl Grind UKFY2025£11k
Frenford ClubsFY2025£11k
Rap Therapy CICFY2025£10k
Ruff Sqwad Arts FoundationFY2025£10k
DJMC ACADEMYFY2025£10k
mASCot BrightonFY2025£7k
Kent Refugee Action NetworkFY2025£4k
SoundcastleFY2024£200k
Beat RoutesFY2024£199k
Sound Communities CICFY2024£150k
Unity RadioFY2024£150k
TiPPFY2024£150k
Suffolk ArtlinkFY2024£150k
Square Pegs ArtsFY2024£150k
BlueBoxt ProductionsFY2024£150k
Blue CabinFY2024£150k
Drum Works CICFY2024£150k
ReprezentFY2024£150k
Plymouth Music ZoneFY2024£150k
Northern RootsFY2024£150k
Jack Drum ArtsFY2024£150k
Voluntary NorfolkFY2024£150k
The Creative Seed CICFY2024£150k
Wild Things Performing Arts CICFY2024£150k
Cafe INDIEpendent LtdFY2024£150k
SEND ProjectFY2024£149k
Irene Taylor Trust Music in PrisonsFY2024£140k
Nottingham Community Artist NetworkFY2024£112k
B SharpFY2024£100k
Babigloo Music for Babies CICFY2024£100k
In Music In Media LtdFY2024£100k
Ideas TestFY2024£100k
Royal Brompton & Harefield Hospitals CharityFY2024£100k
In-Spire SoundsFY2024£100k
Art Against KnivesFY2024£100k
OpenUp MusicFY2024£100k
AutismAble CICFY2024£100k
BHT Early Education and TrainingFY2024£100k
Aspire in Arts LtdFY2024£100k
Southend YMCAFY2024£100k
Early EducationFY2024£100k
Entrust Support Services LtdFY2024£99k
Leamington LAMPFY2024£99k
Rockinghorse Children's CharityFY2024£99k
Music LeedsFY2024£98k
Untold Creative TrainingFY2024£97k
ArcFY2024£97k
Wigan Youth ZoneFY2024£93k
True Cadence CICFY2024£90k
Chuckle ProductionsFY2024£87k
London Rhymes LimitedFY2024£77k
Derbyshire County Counncil ~ City & County Music PartnershipFY2024£75k
ARCADE ARTS LtdFY2024£60k
CLIP Sound and Music CICFY2024£50k
In Exeter LtdFY2024£30k
Sound ProgressionFY2024£30k
Punch RecordsFY2024£30k
Prime Active Communities CICFY2024£30k
Positive Youth FoundationFY2024£30k
Make Some Noise LimitedFY2024£30k
Vulcan CentreFY2024£30k
Enough RecordsFY2024£30k
Farrago Arts LimitedFY2024£30k
Tomorrow's WarriorsFY2024£30k
This Is DistortedFY2024£30k
Gloucestershire MusicFY2024£30k
Go Forward YouthFY2024£30k
Hammersmith, Fulham, Ealing & Hounslow MindFY2024£30k
The Lloyd Park Children's CharityFY2024£30k
Tandem TheatreFY2024£30k
Association of Independent Festivals (AIF)FY2024£30k
Soundplay Projects LtdFY2024£30k
YMCA East SurreyFY2024£30k
Teen ActionFY2024£30k
Small Pond RecordingsFY2024£30k
anam creativeFY2024£30k
Music Go Round LtdFY2024£30k
InspirateFY2024£30k
Yorkshire Sound Women NetworkFY2024£30k
Scarlet Community Music ClubFY2024£30k
HQ Can CICFY2024£30k
Nebula Productions LtdFY2024£30k
Winnall Rock SchoolFY2024£30k
CHARIS RefugeesFY2024£30k
Small Green ShootsFY2024£30k
Spectrum WASPFY2024£30k
Offshoots East Midlands C.I.CFY2024£30k
Flash Company Arts Ltd. CICFY2024£30k
Youth Engagement Solutions LtdFY2024£30k
The Seagull Lowestoft CICFY2024£30k
Young Women's Music Project (YWMP)FY2024£30k
Haringey ShedFY2024£30k
Changing TunesFY2024£30k
Konnect Audio CICFY2024£29k
Soft Touch ArtsFY2024£29k
Ubuntu Multicultural CentreFY2024£29k
Cardboard CitizensFY2024£29k
STEPS Club for Young PeopleFY2024£29k
Tanayah Sam Sports and Education CICFY2024£29k
Music Worldwide LtdFY2024£29k
The Flex Youth and Community GroupFY2024£29k
Lowender CIOFY2024£29k
Curious ArtsFY2024£29k
Union Chapel ProjectFY2024£29k
The Bunker (Sunderland) CICFY2024£29k
Link Learning LTDFY2024£29k
Up2stndrdFY2024£29k
LIVING PROOFFY2024£28k
Conscious Youth CICFY2024£28k
Blaze ArtsFY2024£28k
People ExpressFY2024£28k
Full House TheatreFY2024£27k
Remember RhythmFY2024£27k
Families Together SuffolkFY2024£27k
CarouselFY2024£26k
Open Door CharityFY2024£25k
Meraki Liverpool LtdFY2024£23k
The Trove Market C.I.CFY2024£23k
Big Top Musical AdventuresFY2024£23k
Seashell TrustFY2024£21k
Sheffield Music SchoolFY2024£21k
Endelienta ArtsFY2024£21k
Buzzing Roots CICFY2024£21k
High Grade Events LimitedFY2024£21k
TAVIP (Technology Association of Visually Impaired People)FY2024£18k
Notion Music Recordings LtdFY2024£16k
Global GroovesFY2024£15k
Bullerengue Circle CICFY2024£15k
Music For GoodFY2024£15k
GemArtsFY2024£15k
20Twenty Productions CICFY2024£15k
Come Play With MeFY2024£15k
We Make SoundFY2024£15k
Young IdentityFY2024£14k
DaDaFestFY2024£14k
Capsule EventsFY2024£13k
Shropshire Music ServiceFY2024£12k
My PocketsFY2024£11k
Waves Music TherapyFY2024£11k
En MasseFY2024£10k
Sussex Community Development Association (SCDA)FY2024£9k
Maines-Beasley Creative LimitedFY2024£8k
Lifesize CICFY2024£8k
The Bromsgrove Youth and Community HubFY2024£8k
Hastings Fat TuesdayFY2024£8k
Academy AchieversFY2024£8k
LOOSEFY2024£8k
Cirencester Housing for Young People LtdFY2024£8k
Diversity Music Community 1stFY2024£7k
CRE8FY2024£7k
Parent Sanctuary CICFY2024£3k

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This grant list is extracted by automated reading of the grant-maker’s own accounts PDFs as filed with the Charity Commission, and cross-checked against the accounts’ stated grant totals (listed sum 9831743 vs reference 9850267 (0.2% diff; ref=stated)). Recipients are linked to register entries only on an exact charity-number or unambiguous exact-name match. If you represent this funder and want a correction, contact us.