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Seaford Music Society

RegisteredRegistered charity number 295569SeafordArts, culture, heritage and science
Income£14k2026-04-30
Spending£20ksame year
Spent / received86%5-year average
Size in its cause39th pctArts, culture, heritage and science
Registered1986Other
Employees–latest return

Analysis

Seaford Music Society is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Seaford. It was registered in November 1986, 40 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 April 2026, Seaford Music Society reported income of £14k and spending of £20k, spending 149% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2022 to April 2026, income fell from £35k to £14k (-61%), an average of -21% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2025, when income rose by 83%. Over the whole period it spent 86% 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, Seaford Music Society sits at the 39th percentile: it is larger than about 39% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 37th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Hounslow Festival of Music, Speech and Dance (£14k), Purbeck Arts Choir (£14k) and Ripple Parish Hall (£14k).

Income and spending

£0£8,804£18k£26k£35k2022 Income: £35,2152022 Spending: £16,36520222023 Income: £9,6082023 Spending: £14,05520232024 Income: £9,9462024 Spending: £12,42520242025 Income: £18,1822025 Spending: £11,21320252026 Income: £13,6512026 Spending: £20,3142026
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Where the income comes from

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In the charity's own words

TO PROMOTE AN ANNUAL SEASON OF PROFESSIONAL CHAMBER MUSIC CONCERTS AND FAMILY CONCERTS, FEATURING ESTABLISHED ARTISTS OF THE HIGHEST CALIBRE AND EMERGING YOUNG ARTISTS

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CharityLocationIncome
Hounslow Festival of Music, Speech and DanceHounslow£14k
Purbeck Arts ChoirDorset£14k
Ripple Parish HallTewkesbury£14k
Okehampton College Parent Teacher Friends AssociationDevon£14k