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Winchester City Festival Choir

RegisteredRegistered charity number 264859HampshireArts, culture, heritage and science
Income£19k2026-03-31
Spending£17ksame year
Spent / received111%5-year average
Size in its cause48th pctArts, culture, heritage and science
Registered1972Other
Employees–latest return

Analysis

Winchester City Festival Choir is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Hampshire. It was registered in December 1972, 54 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science and recreation, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. It says it other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending March 2026, Winchester City Festival Choir reported income of £19k and spending of £17k, spending 90% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income grew from £8,460 to £19k (+124%), an average of +22% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 73%. Over the whole period it spent 111% 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, Winchester City Festival Choir sits at the 48th percentile: it is larger than about 48% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 43rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Hilton Village Hall (£19k), The Langwathby Public Hall (£19k) and The Broadstone Choir (£19k).

Income and spending

£0£5,652£11k£17k£23k2022 Income: £8,4602022 Spending: £5,87220222023 Income: £14,6632023 Spending: £22,60820232024 Income: £11,5472024 Spending: £10,85920242025 Income: £15,6552025 Spending: £20,38620252026 Income: £18,9482026 Spending: £17,0842026
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Where the income comes from

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In the charity's own words

This is an amateur Choral Society which meets weekly during term times to rehearse choral works for performances in January/February each year and with other local choirs, as part of the Hampshire Choral Festival in May.

Similar-sized charities, same cause

CharityLocationIncome
The Hilton Village HallCambridgeshire£19k
The Langwathby Public HallPenrith£19k
The Broadstone ChoirDorset£19k
The Blower FoundationFarnham£19k