Marlow Choral Society

Analysis

Marlow Choral Society is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Buckinghamshire. It was registered in October 1979, 47 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes 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 June 2025, Marlow Choral Society reported income of £15k and spending of £16k, spending 105% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2021 to June 2025, income grew from £1,539 to £15k (+905%), an average of +78% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2024, when income rose by 188%. Over the whole period it spent 122% 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, Marlow Choral Society sits at the 42nd percentile: it is larger than about 42% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 39th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Cheltenham Silver Band (£15k), Penzance Orchestral Society (£15k) and Canterbury Symphony Orchestra (£15k).

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.