Taunton Choral Society

Analysis

Taunton Choral Society is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Taunton. It was registered in November 1989, 37 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.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Taunton Choral Society reported income of £15k and spending of £16k, spending 108% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £3,508 to £15k (+323%), an average of +43% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2022, when income rose by 234%. Over the whole period it spent 112% 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, Taunton Choral Society sits at the 41st percentile: it is larger than about 41% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 38th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Cuddigan Oliver Trust (£15k), Oundle and District Choral Society (£15k) and Dover Choral Society (£15k).

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.