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Forest Row Choral Society

RegisteredRegistered charity number 1049299West SussexArts, culture, heritage and science
Income£22k2025-06-30
Spending£20ksame year
Spent / received101%5-year average
Size in its cause52nd pctArts, culture, heritage and science
Registered1995Other
Employees–latest return

Analysis

Forest Row Choral Society is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in West Sussex. It was registered in September 1995, 31 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 other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending June 2025, Forest Row Choral Society reported income of £22k and spending of £20k, spending 91% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2021 to June 2025, income grew from £6,375 to £22k (+249%), an average of +37% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2023, when income rose by 91%. Over the whole period it spent 101% 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, Forest Row Choral Society sits at the 52nd percentile: it is larger than about 52% 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 Teesside Music Society (£22k), South Wales Gay Men's Chorus (£22k) and Brent Opera (£22k).

Income and spending

£0£5,562£11k£17k£22k2021 Income: £6,3752021 Spending: £5,29620212022 Income: £8,7262022 Spending: £10,58920222023 Income: £16,6422023 Spending: £16,66920232024 Income: £19,7482024 Spending: £21,76020242025 Income: £22,2492025 Spending: £20,1812025
IncomeSpending

Where the income comes from

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In the charity's own words

Singing and performing concerts to the general public

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