Barnsley Youth Choir CIO

Analysis

Barnsley Youth Choir CIO is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Barnsley. It was registered in January 2015, 11 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending January 2025, Barnsley Youth Choir CIO reported income of £521k and spending of £550k, spending 106% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from January 2021 to January 2025, income grew from £116k to £521k (+350%), an average of +46% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to January 2023, when income rose by 89%. Over the whole period it spent 98% 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, Barnsley Youth Choir CIO sits at the 92nd percentile: it is larger than about 92% 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 HighTide Theatre Limited (£520k), More Music in Morecambe (£522k) and Music and Arts Production Leeds (£520k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 44%, trading 31% and donations and legacies 24%. Charitable activities took 84% of spending and raising funds 16%. Reserves of £190k would cover about 4 months of spending at that rate. It employed 3 people.