Bristol Gilbert & Sullivan Operatic Society

Analysis

Bristol Gilbert & Sullivan Operatic Society is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bath. It was registered in March 2019, 7 years ago. Its declared purposes cover arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Bristol Gilbert & Sullivan Operatic Society reported income of £27k and spending of £32k, spending 119% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £1,505 to £27k (+1671%), an average of +105% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2022, when income rose by 1528%. Over the whole period it spent 106% 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 Gilbert & Sullivan Operatic Society sits at the 57th percentile: it is larger than about 57% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 50th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Association for Suffolk Museums (£27k), Naunton Music (£27k) and Tanfield Lea and District Community Association (£27k).