Chanctonbury Chorus

Analysis

Chanctonbury Chorus is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in West Sussex. It was registered in August 1983, 43 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 August 2025, Chanctonbury Chorus reported income of £13k and spending of £14k, spending 111% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £52 to £13k (+24777%), an average of +297% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2022, when income rose by 14335%. Over the whole period it spent 113% 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, Chanctonbury Chorus sits at the 37th percentile: it is larger than about 37% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 36th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Liverpool Bach Collective (£13k), The Longsdon Memorial Hall (£13k) and Withern Village Hall Committee (£13k).

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.