Barnes Music Society

Analysis

Barnes Music Society is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in August 1967, 59 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. It says it other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending May 2025, Barnes Music Society reported income of £14k and spending of £13k, spending 92% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from May 2021 to May 2025, income grew from £9,522 to £14k (+44%), an average of +9.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to May 2024, when income rose by 47%. Over the whole period it spent 85% 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, Barnes Music Society sits at the 39th percentile: it is larger than about 39% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 37th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Barry Community Choir (£14k), Sudanese Community in Oxford & Oxfordshire (£14k) and St Cecilia Singers of Gloucester (£14k).