Whitstable and District Choral Society

Analysis

Whitstable and District Choral Society is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Kent. It was registered in April 1985, 41 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 provides human resources and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Whitstable and District Choral Society reported income of £21k and spending of £22k, spending 106% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £4,602 to £21k (+356%), an average of +46% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 147%. Over the whole period it spent 121% 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, Whitstable and District Choral Society sits at the 50th percentile: it is larger than about 50% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 45th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Ainsdale Horticultural Society (£21k), Village Hall (Swanton Novers) (£21k) and Music Beyond Mainstream Ltd (£21k).

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.