The Choir Schools Association Bursary Trust Limited

Analysis

The Choir Schools Association Bursary Trust Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cambridge. It was registered in August 2007, 19 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and religious activities, which this site groups under religion. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 06307873). It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending June 2025, The Choir Schools Association Bursary Trust Limited reported income of £322k and spending of £339k, spending 105% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2021 to June 2025, income fell from £2.0m to £322k (-84%), an average of -36% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2022, when income dropped by 85%. Over the whole period it spent 51% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, The Choir Schools Association Bursary Trust Limited sits at the 88th percentile: it is larger than about 88% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 86th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Saint Stephen, South Kensington (£322k), The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Damascus (£322k) and Brighton and Hove Hebrew Congregation (£322k).