The Wells Cathedral Chorister Trust

Analysis

The Wells Cathedral Chorister Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Somerset. It was registered in July 2003, 23 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending July 2025, The Wells Cathedral Chorister Trust reported income of £512k and spending of £159k, leaving 69% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from July 2021 to July 2025, income grew from £223k to £512k (+130%), an average of +23% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to July 2024, when income rose by 234%. Over the whole period it spent 37% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, The Wells Cathedral Chorister Trust sits at the 91st percentile: it is larger than about 91% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 90th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Fakenham Children's Daycare Centre Limited (£512k), Sunbury and Walton Unit 327 of the Sea Cadet Corps (£513k) and The Stockport Engineering Training Association (£512k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 85%, investments 14% and charitable activities 1.1%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £126k. Charitable activities took 86% of spending and raising funds 9.7%. Grants to other organisations totalled £75k. Reserves of £16k would cover about 1 months of spending at that rate. It employed 2 people.