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Coventry Cathedral Chorus

Registered · see notesRegistered charity number 257047CoventryArts, culture, heritage and science
Income£33k2025-07-31
Spending£36ksame year
Spent / received131%5-year average
Size in its cause61st pctArts, culture, heritage and science
Registered1968Other
Employees–latest return

Analysis

Coventry Cathedral Chorus is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Coventry. It was registered in November 1968, 58 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 other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending July 2025, Coventry Cathedral Chorus reported income of £33k and spending of £36k, spending 108% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from July 2021 to July 2025, income grew from £3,883 to £33k (+754%), an average of +71% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to July 2022, when income rose by 800%. Over the whole period it spent 131% 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, Coventry Cathedral Chorus sits at the 61st percentile: it is larger than about 61% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 54th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Eastbourne Choral Society (£33k), Hergest Trust (£33k) and Kingsland Coronation Hall (£33k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.

Income and spending

£0£17k£34k£51k£69k2021 Income: £3,8832021 Spending: £1,64720212022 Income: £34,9342022 Spending: £51,80420222023 Income: £40,4622023 Spending: £68,62320232024 Income: £37,8402024 Spending: £38,94020242025 Income: £33,1522025 Spending: £35,6602025
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Where the income comes from

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In the charity's own words

CURRENT ACTIVITIES CONSIST OF PUBLIC PERFORMANCES OF CONCERTS IN COVENTRY CATHEDRAL AND OTHER CHURCHES IN SOUTH WARWICKSHIRE JOINED BY THE LOCAL YOUTH ORCHESTRA AND SCHOOL CHOIRS. THE CHOIR HAS BEEN ALSO INVITED TO TAKE PART IN EVENTS PROMOTED BY OTHER ORGANISATIONS, AS WELL AS PARTICIPATING IN SEVERAL BBC "SONGS OF PRAISE" TELEVISION AND OTHER RADIO RECORDINGS.

Similar-sized charities, same cause

CharityLocationIncome
Eastbourne Choral SocietySeaford£33k
Hergest TrustHerefordshire£33k
Kingsland Coronation HallHerefordshire£33k
Community Scrapstore North SomersetNorth Somerset£33k