Salisbury Cathedral Choral Foundation

Analysis

Salisbury Cathedral Choral Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Wiltshire. It was registered in October 1996, 30 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and religious activities, which this site groups under religion. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Salisbury Cathedral Choral Foundation reported income of £407k and spending of £272k, leaving 33% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £48k to £407k (+744%), an average of +70% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 265%. Over the whole period it spent 86% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Salisbury Cathedral Choral Foundation sits at the 91st percentile: it is larger than about 90% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 88th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Holy Law South Broughton Congregation (£406k), Hindu Cultural Society, Slough (£407k) and Eastern Baptist Association (£406k).