The Light Music Society

Analysis

The Light Music Society is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bolton. It was registered in September 2014, 12 years ago. Its declared purposes cover arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides services and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Light Music Society reported income of £37k and spending of £47k, spending 127% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £42k to £37k (-13%), an average of -3.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 67%. Over the whole period it spent 164% 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, The Light Music Society sits at the 63rd percentile: it is larger than about 63% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 56th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Egerton Music Festival (£37k), RSCDS Bristol (£37k) and Shropshire Bookfest (£37k).

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.