Octagon Music Society

Analysis

Octagon Music Society is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bushey. It was registered in July 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 provides services.

In the financial year ending July 2025, Octagon Music Society reported income of £10k and spending of £9,667, spending 96% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from July 2021 to July 2025, income grew from £7,158 to £10k (+41%), an average of +9.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to July 2022, when income rose by 50%. Over the whole period it spent 99% 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, Octagon Music Society sits at the 32nd percentile: it is larger than about 32% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 31st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Leigh Estuary U3a (£10k), Cheriton Village Hall (£10k) and The Surtees Society (£10k).