The Society of Recorder Players

Analysis

The Society of Recorder Players is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cambridgeshire. It was registered in July 1981, 45 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 makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides services.

In the financial year ending August 2025, The Society of Recorder Players reported income of £148k and spending of £151k, spending 102% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £65k to £148k (+129%), an average of +23% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2022, when income rose by 76%. Over the whole period it spent 102% 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 Society of Recorder Players sits at the 83rd percentile: it is larger than about 83% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 77th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Exeter Philharmonic Choir (£148k), The Wilbur and Niso Smith Foundation (£149k) and Displace Yourself Theatre (£148k).

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.