Penn Singers

Analysis

Penn Singers is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Wolverhampton. It was registered in January 1975, 51 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 provides other finance and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending July 2025, Penn Singers reported income of £21k and spending of £22k, spending 105% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from July 2021 to July 2025, income grew from £300 to £21k (+6789%), an average of +188% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to July 2022, when income rose by 4685%. Over the whole period it spent 102% 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, Penn Singers 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 K Blundell Trust (£21k), The Rosemary Bugden Charitable Trust (£21k) and Association of Northamptonshire Supplementary Schools Ltd (£21k).

Data notes from the register: The latest annual return was received after its deadline.