Bedford Choral Society

Analysis

Bedford Choral Society is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bedford. It was registered in July 1985, 41 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 provides services and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending June 2025, Bedford Choral Society reported income of £35k and spending of £44k, spending 127% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2021 to June 2025, income grew from £8,943 to £35k (+289%), an average of +40% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2022, when income rose by 270%. Over the whole period it spent 116% 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, Bedford Choral Society sits at the 62nd percentile: it is larger than about 62% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 55th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Horwich Heritage (£35k), The Film and Video Workshop (£35k) and Ashcott Village Hall (£35k).

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.