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Hackney Festival Chorus

RegisteredRegistered charity number 1175007LondonArts, culture, heritage and science
Income£26k2025-08-31
Spending£23ksame year
Spent / received100%5-year average
Size in its cause57th pctArts, culture, heritage and science
Registered2017Other
Employees–latest return

Analysis

Hackney Festival Chorus is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in October 2017, 9 years ago. Its declared purposes cover arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Hackney Festival Chorus reported income of £26k and spending of £23k, spending 86% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £4,635 to £26k (+471%), an average of +55% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2022, when income rose by 260%. Over the whole period it spent 100% 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, Hackney Festival Chorus sits at the 57th percentile: it is larger than about 56% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 50th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The William Walton Trust (£26k), The Heritage Electric Trains Trust (£26k) and The Loughton Amateur Dramatic Society (£26k).

Income and spending

£0£6,612£13k£20k£26k2021 Income: £4,6352021 Spending: £7,78920212022 Income: £16,6862022 Spending: £17,80220222023 Income: £20,4342023 Spending: £20,14320232024 Income: £21,7362024 Spending: £21,75220242025 Income: £26,4482025 Spending: £22,6782025
IncomeSpending

Where the income comes from

  • Other 100%

In the charity's own words

to advance, improve, develop and maintain public education in, and appreciation of, the art and science of music in all its aspects by any means the trustees see fit, including through the presentation of public concerts and recitals.

Similar-sized charities, same cause

CharityLocationIncome
The William Walton TrustItaly£26k
The Heritage Electric Trains TrustEnfield£26k
The Loughton Amateur Dramatic SocietyLoughton£26k
The Anglo-Norse Society in LondonLondon£26k