Ardingly Choral Society

Analysis

Ardingly Choral Society is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in West Sussex. It was registered in April 2008, 18 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. It says it makes grants to organisations and provides other finance.

In the financial year ending June 2025, Ardingly Choral Society reported income of £22k and spending of £23k, spending 104% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2021 to June 2025, income grew from £2,502 to £22k (+797%), an average of +73% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2022, when income rose by 289%. Over the whole period it spent 96% 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, Ardingly Choral Society sits at the 52nd percentile: it is larger than about 52% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 47th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Firstbase (£22k), Jericho Living Heritage Trust (£22k) and Chesham Arts Festival (£22k).