Edmund Barnes Charity for Organ and Choir Fund of Wimborne Minster

Analysis

Edmund Barnes Charity for Organ and Choir Fund of Wimborne Minster is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Wimborne. It was registered in November 1966, 60 years ago. Its declared purposes cover religious activities, which this site groups under religion. It says it makes grants to organisations and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Edmund Barnes Charity for Organ and Choir Fund of Wimborne Minster reported income of £36k and spending of £23k, leaving 37% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £26k to £36k (+36%), an average of +8.0% a year. Over the whole period it spent 146% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Edmund Barnes Charity for Organ and Choir Fund of Wimborne Minster sits at the 43rd percentile: it is larger than about 43% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 55th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Eternal Life Christian Chapel (£36k), Dorset Islamic Cultural Association (£36k) and Oasis Community Trust (£36k).