Norwich Cathedral Choir Endowment Fund

Analysis

Norwich Cathedral Choir Endowment Fund is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Norwich. It was registered in August 1986, 40 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and religious activities, which this site groups under religion. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Norwich Cathedral Choir Endowment Fund reported income of £253k and spending of £167k, leaving 34% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £510k to £253k (-50%), an average of -16% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 224%. Over the whole period it spent 54% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Norwich Cathedral Choir Endowment Fund sits at the 84th percentile: it is larger than about 84% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 84th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Holy Trinity, Ripon, Diocese of Leeds (£253k), The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Trowbridge St James (£253k) and Catch the Fire, Farnborough (£253k).