The Chopin Society

Analysis

The Chopin Society is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in July 1976, 50 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Chopin Society reported income of £103k and spending of £131k, spending 127% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £21k to £103k (+400%), an average of +50% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 177%. Over the whole period it spent 129% 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 Chopin Society sits at the 79th percentile: it is larger than about 79% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 72nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include British Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies (£103k), The Meridian Trust (£104k) and The Judge's Lodging Trust Limited (£103k).

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.