Bicester Choral and Operatic Society

Analysis

Bicester Choral and Operatic Society is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Oxfordshire. It was registered in May 2005, 21 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 human resources.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Bicester Choral and Operatic Society reported income of £30k and spending of £30k, spending 102% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £14k to £30k (+104%), an average of +20% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 98%. Over the whole period it spent 99% 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, Bicester Choral and Operatic Society sits at the 59th percentile: it is larger than about 59% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 52nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Blackwater U3a (£29k), The Reading Bach Choir (£30k) and The Tonbridge U3a (£29k).