Cheltenham Music Society

Analysis

Cheltenham Music Society is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cheltenham. It was registered in February 1980, 46 years ago. Its declared purposes cover 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 April 2026, Cheltenham Music Society reported income of £41k and spending of £52k, spending 127% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to April 2026, income grew from £32k to £41k (+30%), an average of +6.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2025, when income rose by 133%. Over the whole period it spent 89% 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, Cheltenham Music Society sits at the 65th percentile: it is larger than about 65% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 57th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include New Chamber Opera (£41k), The Mayfield Festival Choir Society (£41k) and Northampton Transport Heritage (£41k).