Leigh Orpheus Male Voice Choir

Analysis

Leigh Orpheus Male Voice Choir is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Essex. It was registered in August 1997, 29 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes 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 March 2026, Leigh Orpheus Male Voice Choir reported income of £18k and spending of £23k, spending 129% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income grew from £16k to £18k (+11%), an average of +2.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 76%. Over the whole period it spent 103% 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, Leigh Orpheus Male Voice Choir sits at the 46th percentile: it is larger than about 46% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 42nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Bristol Phoenix Choir (£18k), Arts Cabinet (£18k) and The Towersey War Memorial Institute (£18k).

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.