Lancaster and District Choral Society

Analysis

Lancaster and District Choral Society is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Lancaster. It was registered in October 1992, 34 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes and 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, Lancaster and District Choral Society reported income of £23k and spending of £19k, spending 81% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £4,131 to £23k (+460%), an average of +54% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2022, when income rose by 232%. Over the whole period it spent 96% 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, Lancaster and District Choral Society sits at the 53rd percentile: it is larger than about 53% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 47th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Orlando Chamber Choir (£23k), The Friends of Locks Heath Infant and Nursery School (£23k) and Trinity Orchestra (£23k).