Southampton Musical Society

Analysis

Southampton Musical Society is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Southampton. It was registered in June 1988, 38 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 December 2025, Southampton Musical Society reported income of £38k and spending of £47k, spending 122% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £3,356 to £38k (+1044%), an average of +84% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 771%. Over the whole period it spent 104% 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, Southampton Musical Society sits at the 64th percentile: it is larger than about 64% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 56th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Sewards End Village Hall Trust (£38k), The High Lane War Memorial Village Hall (£38k) and City Reach Youth Project (£38k).