Yate Choral Society

Analysis

Yate Choral Society is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bristol. It was registered in January 2009, 17 years ago. Its declared purposes cover arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Yate Choral Society reported income of £10k and spending of £13k, spending 125% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £4,301 to £10k (+139%), an average of +24% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 64%. Over the whole period it spent 113% 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, Yate Choral Society sits at the 32nd percentile: it is larger than about 32% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 32nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Wivenhoe Film Theatre (£10k), The Ridgmont Charity (£10k) and Devon and Cornwall Record Society (£10k).

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.