Exeter Choral Society

Analysis

Exeter Choral Society is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Devon. It was registered in June 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 services and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending May 2025, Exeter Choral Society reported income of £25k and spending of £20k, leaving 21% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from July 2021 to May 2025, income grew from £1,580 to £25k (+1472%), an average of +99% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to July 2022, when income rose by 610%. Over the whole period it spent 94% 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, Exeter Choral Society sits at the 55th percentile: it is larger than about 55% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 49th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Bancroft Mill Engine Museum (£25k), Brooke Robinson Museum Trust (£25k) and Shropshire Bangladeshi Welfare Society (£25k).