Cwmbach Male Choir

Analysis

Cwmbach Male Choir is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Mid Glamorgan. It was registered in January 1990, 36 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 makes grants to organisations and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Cwmbach Male Choir reported income of £188k and spending of £197k, spending 105% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £20k to £188k (+864%), an average of +76% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income rose by 292%. Over the whole period it spent 110% 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, Cwmbach Male Choir sits at the 85th percentile: it is larger than about 85% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 80th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Making Space For Crafts Ltd (£188k), John Andrews Charitable Trust (£188k) and Oxford Bach Soloists (£188k).

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.