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Ludlow Choral Society

RegisteredRegistered charity number 511414ShropshireArts, culture, heritage and science
Income£27k2025-07-31
Spending£27ksame year
Spent / received68%5-year average
Size in its cause57th pctArts, culture, heritage and science
Registered1981Other
Employees–latest return

Analysis

Ludlow Choral Society is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Shropshire. It was registered in May 1981, 45 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 July 2025, Ludlow Choral Society reported income of £27k and spending of £27k, spending 102% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from July 2021 to July 2025, income grew from £9,726 to £27k (+176%), an average of +29% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to July 2023, when income rose by 328%. Over the whole period it spent 68% 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, Ludlow Choral Society sits at the 57th percentile: it is larger than about 57% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 50th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Woking Youth Theatre (£27k), Dundry Village Hall (£27k) and Leicester Theatre Group (£27k).

Income and spending

£0£18k£36k£53k£71k2021 Income: £9,7262021 Spending: £6,54120212022 Income: £16,6112022 Spending: £19,76820222023 Income: £71,1042023 Spending: £23,63820232024 Income: £26,6032024 Spending: £25,55820242025 Income: £26,8712025 Spending: £27,3792025
IncomeSpending

Where the income comes from

  • Other 100%

In the charity's own words

Local community Choral Society - no auditions required. Performing 2 or 3 major concerts per year, plus occasional workshops.

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Woking Youth TheatreSurrey£27k
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Leicester Theatre GroupLeicester£27k
Folkestone and Hythe Orchestral SocietyFolkestone£27k