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Bury St Edmunds Bach Society

RegisteredRegistered charity number 1181842SuffolkArts, culture, heritage and science
Income£70k2025-07-31
Spending£59ksame year
Spent / received94%5-year average
Size in its cause74th pctArts, culture, heritage and science
Registered2019CIO
Employees–latest return

Analysis

Bury St Edmunds Bach Society is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Suffolk. It was registered in February 2019, 7 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.

In the financial year ending July 2025, Bury St Edmunds Bach Society reported income of £70k and spending of £59k, spending 84% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from July 2021 to July 2025, income grew from £17k to £70k (+325%), an average of +44% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to July 2022, when income rose by 227%. 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, Bury St Edmunds Bach Society sits at the 74th percentile: it is larger than about 74% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 66th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Tudor Musical Comedy Society (£70k), Box Tale Soup Ltd. (£70k) and Create Sheffield (£70k).

Income and spending

£0£18k£36k£54k£71k2021 Income: £16,5112021 Spending: £11,51520212022 Income: £54,0682022 Spending: £58,47020222023 Income: £71,4532023 Spending: £66,86020232024 Income: £63,1092024 Spending: £61,78520242025 Income: £70,2032025 Spending: £58,8862025
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Where the income comes from

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In the charity's own words

A choral society based in Bury St Edmunds Suffolk, dedicated to public performances of classical choral works, particularly those of JS Bach.

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Tudor Musical Comedy SocietyWest Midlands£70k
Box Tale Soup Ltd.Sevenoaks£70k
Create SheffieldSheffield£70k
The Slough Philharmonic SocietyMaidenhead£70k