Nailsworth Music Society

Analysis

Nailsworth Music Society is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Stroud. It was registered in October 1976, 50 years ago. Its declared purposes cover 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 December 2025, Nailsworth Music Society reported income of £25k and spending of £19k, leaving 26% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £4,498 to £25k (+467%), an average of +54% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 186%. Over the whole period it spent 82% 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, Nailsworth Music Society sits at the 56th percentile: it is larger than about 56% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 49th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Kirckman Concert Society Limited (£25k), Gosport Living History Society (£25k) and Tytherington Village Hall (£25k).