Bristol Choral Society

Analysis

Bristol Choral Society is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bristol. It was registered in July 2014, 12 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science and recreation, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending June 2025, Bristol Choral Society reported income of £162k and spending of £178k, spending 110% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2021 to June 2025, income grew from £43k to £162k (+277%), an average of +39% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2023, when income rose by 99%. Over the whole period it spent 114% 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, Bristol Choral Society sits at the 83rd percentile: it is larger than about 83% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 78th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Memorial of the Second Air Division United States Army Air Force (£162k), Stanley Picker Trust (£162k) and Nonentities Society (£162k).

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.