Chora

Analysis

Chora is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in August 1994, 32 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 02960349). It says it sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Chora reported income of £62k and spending of £60k, spending 98% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £45k to £62k (+35%), an average of +7.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2022, when income rose by 26%. Over the whole period it spent 99% 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, Chora sits at the 72nd percentile: it is larger than about 72% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 64th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Wainsgate Chapel (£62k), Mobius Dance Group Limited (£62k) and Torbay and South West of England Festival (£62k).