The Ipswich Chamber Music Society

Analysis

The Ipswich Chamber Music Society is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Suffolk. It was registered in August 1979, 47 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Ipswich Chamber Music Society reported income of £17k and spending of £21k, spending 122% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £4,158 to £17k (+313%), an average of +43% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 292%. Over the whole period it spent 108% 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 Ipswich Chamber Music Society sits at the 45th percentile: it is larger than about 45% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 41st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Hastings Chamber Music Festival (£17k), Abergorki Community Hall Limited (£17k) and The Somerset Maugham Trust Fund (£17k).