Bude Choral Society

Analysis

Bude Choral Society is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cornwall. It was registered in December 2003, 23 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 other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Bude Choral Society reported income of £16k and spending of £18k, spending 115% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £113 to £16k (+13847%), an average of +244% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2022, when income rose by 11107%. Over the whole period it spent 105% 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, Bude Choral Society sits at the 43rd percentile: it is larger than about 43% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 40th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Cornhill Community Action (£16k), Carnegie Singers (£16k) and Much Wenlock Festival (£16k).