Portsmouth Choral Union

Analysis

Portsmouth Choral Union is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Emsworth. It was registered in July 1975, 51 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and recreation, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. It says it makes grants to organisations and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending July 2025, Portsmouth Choral Union reported income of £48k and spending of £34k, leaving 30% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from July 2021 to July 2025, income grew from £18k to £48k (+163%), an average of +27% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to July 2024, when income rose by 67%. Over the whole period it spent 115% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Portsmouth Choral Union sits at the 73rd percentile: it is larger than about 73% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 60th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Foxhole Community Association (£48k), Treeton Miners' Welfare Institute (£48k) and Kenley Memorial Hall CIO (£48k).