Dorset Police Male Voice Choir

Analysis

Dorset Police Male Voice Choir is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bournemouth. It was registered in December 1997, 29 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. It says it other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Dorset Police Male Voice Choir reported income of £14k and spending of £19k, spending 134% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £11k to £14k (+35%), an average of +7.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 56%. Over the whole period it spent 107% 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, Dorset Police Male Voice Choir sits at the 50th percentile: it is larger than about 50% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 38th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Kenilworth Senior Citizens' Club (£14k), Manna House (Hanley) (£14k) and United Counties Preservation Group (£14k).

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.