The Birmingham Choral Union

Analysis

The Birmingham Choral Union is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Birmingham. It was registered in June 1964, 62 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science and amateur sport, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. It says it provides services and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending July 2025, The Birmingham Choral Union reported income of £20k and spending of £17k, spending 85% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from July 2021 to July 2025, income grew from £11k to £20k (+81%), an average of +16% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to July 2023, when income rose by 50%. Over the whole period it spent 102% 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, The Birmingham Choral Union sits at the 49th percentile: it is larger than about 49% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 44th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Rawreth Parish Hall (£20k), Royal Buckley Town Band (£20k) and Westhope Village Hall (£20k).