Common questions about B:music LTD's rating, finances, and Charity Commission status.
Is B:music LTD a good charity? +
B:music LTD scores 73 out of 100 (3 stars — Needs improvement) on CharityCompare's Clarity Score, our independent read of its UK regulator filings. Around 87% of its spending goes to charitable activities (3-yr avg) and its accounts are up to date. That reflects how transparent and financially healthy it looks on paper — it does not measure the real-world impact of its work, so treat it as one factor alongside the cause you care about. CharityCompare never tells you where to donate.
Is B:music LTD a legitimate charity? +
The register data used for this profile lists B:music LTD as a registered charity (charity number 1053937). Verify it on the official register: https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-details/?regId=1053937&subId=0. Check the current entry and the identity of anyone requesting money. Registration does not verify a particular appeal; Clarity Score summarises filing transparency, not programme impact.
What is B:music LTD's charity number? +
B:music LTD's charity number is 1053937. Check that number on the official register (Charity Commission, OSCR or CCNI) or this CharityCompare profile before you donate — scammers sometimes reuse real numbers on fake appeals.
What is B:music LTD's charity rating? +
B:music LTD scores 73 out of 100 on CharityCompare (3 stars — Needs improvement). The Clarity Score (method v1.1) sums four pillars from UK regulator filings: Accountability & Transparency (40 pts), Financial Health (30), Financial Efficiency (20), and Community Support (10). Stars use the same bands as those labels — 90+ is 5★ Exceptional. It is not an impact ranking.
Does B:music LTD have reviews and complaints? +
CharityCompare does not host public user reviews for B:music LTD. Instead you get a filing-based Clarity Score, cause spend, reserves and red flags such as late accounts (none flagged on this profile). For formal complaints about a charity, contact the Charity Commission, OSCR, CCNI or the Fundraising Regulator as appropriate.
How much of my donation reaches B:music LTD? +
Across the recent disclosed accounts used for this score, 87% of B:music LTD's total spending went to charitable activities (3-yr avg across disclosed years). That is the closest official figure to "how much of your donation reaches the cause" — it is an average across all spending in the filing, not a pound-by-pound breakdown of an individual gift.
What are B:music LTD's overheads? +
Across the recent disclosed accounts used for this score, fundraising costs were about 13% of total expenditure and fundraising plus separately reported governance figures amount to about 13% of expenditure (2023–2025, disclosed years); these categories can overlap, so this is not a distinct total of all administration costs at B:music LTD. B:music LTD's annual return for the year ending 31 March 2025 reports 3 employees paid more than £60,000, including 1 employee paid more than £100,000. The highest reported pay band is £140,001–£150,000 (1 employee). Individual salaries, including the chief executive's, are disclosed in the trustees' annual report rather than on the register.
How much income does B:music LTD receive? +
B:music LTD reported £14m total income in its 2025 accounts, based on UK regulator filings. Five-year trend: growing.
Are B:music LTD's accounts up to date? +
Filing status: up to date (last filing 2025-12-10). CharityCompare flags late or missing accounts separately from the financial score.
Where is B:music LTD based? +
B:music LTD's registered contact address is in Birmingham (B1 2EA). It tells the regulator it operates in Birmingham City, with a focus on arts & culture.
How much is B:music LTD's chief executive paid? +
The Charity Commission register does not name individual salaries. B:music LTD's annual return for the year ending 31 March 2025 reports 3 employees paid more than £60,000, including 1 employee paid more than £100,000. The highest reported pay band is £140,001–£150,000 (1 employee). Charities normally disclose the chief executive's pay, or the pay of their highest-paid staff, in the remuneration note of the trustees' annual report and accounts.
Where does B:music LTD's money come from? +
B:music LTD reported £14m total income for the year ending 31 March 2025. The largest sources were charitable activities £10m (76%), trading and fundraising events £2.9m (21%), investments £250k (2%). Legacies (gifts in wills) contributed £1,323.
Can I claim Gift Aid on a donation to B:music LTD? +
The register records B:music LTD as registered with HMRC for Gift Aid, so a UK taxpayer can usually add 25p to every £1 they give by making a Gift Aid declaration.
Are B:music LTD's trustees paid? +
B:music LTD's annual return for the year ending 31 March 2025 reports that one or more trustees received payments or other benefits (payments for acting as a trustee). Charity law allows this only in limited circumstances; the trustees' annual report should explain it.
What was B:music LTD previously called? +
The register lists these previous names for B:music LTD: Performances Birmingham Limited; Symphony Hall (Birmingham) LTD.
When was B:music LTD registered as a charity? +
B:music LTD was entered on the register on 21 March 1996. It is also a company registered at Companies House (company number 03169600).
How does CharityCompare score B:music LTD? +
We calculate a Clarity Score of 0–100 from four pillars in B:music LTD's regulator filings: Accountability & Transparency (40 points — filing history, trustees, policies), Financial Health (30 — reserves, income trend, debt), Financial Efficiency (20 — cause spend and fundraising cost, on a graduated scale) and Community Support (10 — volunteer-to-staff ratio). An open statutory inquiry scores 0. The score measures reporting on paper, not programme impact. CharityCompare is free for donors, takes no commission on donations, and scores cannot be bought.
How often is this page updated? +
This profile was last updated on 6 September 2026 from the latest UK regulator data available to CharityCompare, and B:music LTD's most recent accounts cover 2025. Scores and figures refresh whenever we re-ingest the register, so the page reflects our latest data pull rather than a one-off review.