Oundle and District Choral Society

Analysis

Oundle and District Choral Society is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Kettering. It was registered in August 2003, 23 years ago. Its declared purposes cover 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 August 2025, Oundle and District Choral Society reported income of £15k and spending of £16k, spending 110% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £925 to £15k (+1503%), an average of +100% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2023, when income rose by 284%. Over the whole period it spent 340% 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, Oundle and District Choral Society sits at the 41st percentile: it is larger than about 41% 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 Taunton Choral Society (£15k), Delph Community Association (£15k) and The Cuddigan Oliver Trust (£15k).

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.