Bridgwater Operatic Society

Analysis

Bridgwater Operatic Society is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Burnham-on-Sea. It was registered in November 2001, 25 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Bridgwater Operatic Society reported income of £91k and spending of £96k, spending 105% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £21k to £91k (+342%), an average of +45% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2022, when income rose by 162%. Over the whole period it spent 109% of the income it received.

Among 17,634 England and Wales charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Bridgwater Operatic Society sits at the 78th percentile: it is larger than about 78% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 70th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Legasee Educational Trust (£91k), Salisbury Musical Society (£91k) and Cygnet Training Theatre & Cygnet Research Library (£91k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.