Hampshire and Surrey Hills Men's Choir

Analysis

Hampshire and Surrey Hills Men's Choir is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Surrey. It was registered in October 2004, 22 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Hampshire and Surrey Hills Men's Choir reported income of £25k and spending of £27k, spending 105% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £6,088 to £25k (+317%), an average of +43% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 66%. Over the whole period it spent 98% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Hampshire and Surrey Hills Men's Choir sits at the 42nd percentile: it is larger than about 42% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 49th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Clock Tower Association (£25k), The Graham-Dixon Charitable Trust (£25k) and British Psoriatic Arthritis Consortium CIO (£25k).

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.