City of Birmingham Choir

Analysis

City of Birmingham Choir is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Grimsby. It was registered in October 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. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 02081252). It says it other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending June 2025, City of Birmingham Choir reported income of £72k and spending of £80k, spending 110% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2021 to June 2025, income fell from £142k to £72k (-49%), an average of -15% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2022, when income dropped by 42%. 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, City of Birmingham Choir sits at the 75th percentile: it is larger than about 75% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 66th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Raais Foundation (£72k), Dawlish Amateur Repertory Company (£72k) and The Bury St Edmunds Amateur Operatic and Dramatic Society (£72k).

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.