National Youth Choirs of Great Britain

Analysis

National Youth Choirs of Great Britain is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Durham. It was registered in October 1984, 42 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 01850803). It says it other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending September 2025, National Youth Choirs of Great Britain reported income of £1.9m and spending of £2.0m, spending 106% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2021 to September 2025, income grew from £1.1m to £1.9m (+75%), an average of +15% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2022, when income rose by 27%. Over the whole period it spent 106% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, National Youth Choirs of Great Britain sits at the 95th percentile: it is larger than about 95% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 96th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Directory of Social Change (£1.9m), London College of Business Studies (£1.9m) and The Leadership Centre for Local Government (£1.9m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 66% and donations and legacies 34%. Charitable activities took 92% of spending and raising funds 7.2%. Reserves of £202k would cover about 1 months of spending at that rate. It employed 17 people.

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.