Wakefield Concert Society

Analysis

Wakefield Concert Society is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Wakefield. It was registered in May 1977, 49 years ago. Its declared purposes cover arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. It says it other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending April 2025, Wakefield Concert Society reported income of £12k and spending of £15k, spending 121% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £1,659 to £12k (+637%), an average of +65% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2022, when income rose by 171%. Over the whole period it spent 98% 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, Wakefield Concert Society sits at the 36th percentile: it is larger than about 36% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 35th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Instep Research Team (£12k), Casterton Village Hall (£12k) and Smith Ryland Memorial Hall (£12k).