Axminster and District Choral Society

Analysis

Axminster and District Choral Society is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Devon. It was registered in April 1990, 36 years ago. Its declared purposes cover 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, Axminster and District Choral Society reported income of £27k and spending of £28k, spending 104% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from July 2021 to July 2025, income grew from £331 to £27k (+7941%), an average of +200% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to July 2022, when income rose by 4273%. Over the whole period it spent 111% 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, Axminster and District 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 Southampton Stage Dance Festival (£27k), Tattershall Village Hall (£27k) and Scunthorpe and District Choral Society (£27k).

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.