The Chester Ladies Choir

Analysis

The Chester Ladies Choir is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Chester. It was registered in September 1996, 30 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. It says it provides other finance.

In the financial year ending March 2026, The Chester Ladies Choir reported income of £19k and spending of £12k, leaving 34% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income grew from £3,295 to £19k (+472%), an average of +55% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 489%. Over the whole period it spent 87% of the income it received.

Among 5,976 England and Wales charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, The Chester Ladies Choir sits at the 55th percentile: it is larger than about 55% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 43rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Woodrow Family Charitable Trust (£19k), The Richard Coaker Charitable Trust (£19k) and VB Charitable Trust (£19k).