WORCESTER MALE VOICE CHOIR

Registered charity 1141309 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Studying and practicing a wide range of choral music in order to foster public knowledge and appreciation of such music by public performance.Assisting and supporting such Charitable Institutions or purposes as the Committee determines from time to time.

Objects

1 TO ADVANCE, IMPROVE, DEVELOP AND MAINTAIN PUBLIC EDUCATION IN, AND APPRECIATION OF, THE ART AND SCIENCE OF CHORAL MUSIC IN ALL ITS ASPECTS AND BY ANY MEANS THE TRUSTEES SEE FIT, INCLUDING THROUGH THE PRESENTATION OF PUBLIC CONCERTS AND RECITALS2 TO FURTHER SUCH PURPOSE OR PURPOSES AS THE TRUSTEES IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION SHALL THINK FIT, BUT IN PARTICULAR THROUGH THE MAKING OF GRANTS OR DONATIONS

Area of benefit: UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE, LOCAL.

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

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Registered contact address: Worcester, West Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£64k

Latest spending

£66k

Registered

2011

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity incurred a deficit of £2,545.79 for the year, compared to a deficit of £1,367.12 in the previous period. Total income was £63,570.45 while total expenditure was £66,116.24. An independent examiner confirmed that the final accounts agree with the underlying records.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/07/2025

Volunteers: 80

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/07/2024

Volunteers: 60

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/07/2023

Volunteers: 50

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

In the news

Recent coverage mentioning this charity by name (automated match; headlines belong to their publishers).

Worcester Male Voice Choir concert to raise funds for Alzheimer's Society worcesternews.co.uk · 09/07/2026

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Register events

Received assets from another charity (04/02/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
Received assets from another charity (04/02/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

Adrian Carl Hutt
David John Crockford
Graham Dennis Heath · trustee of 1 other charity
Philip Evan Spurr

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Gloucestershire · Herefordshire · Warwickshire · Worcestershire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/07/2025	£64k	£66k
31/07/2024	£35k	£37k
31/07/2023	£24k	£28k
31/07/2022	£26k	£28k
31/07/2021	£6k	£9k

Common questions

Is WORCESTER MALE VOICE CHOIR financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity incurred a deficit of £2,545.79 for the year, compared to a deficit of £1,367.12 in the previous period. Total income was £63,570.45 while total expenditure was £66,116.24. An independent examiner confirmed that the final accounts agree with the underlying records. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
DAVID LAING FOUNDATION	1	£13k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with ROSSENDALE MALE VOICE CHOIR.

ROSSENDALE MALE VOICE CHOIR income £33k
THE COTSWOLD MALE VOICE CHOIR income £32k
NORTHAMPTON MALE VOICE CHOIR income £71k
LONDON WELSH MALE VOICE CHOIR income £62k
DURSLEY MALE VOICE CHOIR income £29k
IMPERIAL MALE VOICE CHOIR income £4k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
WORCESTER MALE VOICE CHOIR	£64k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
ROSSENDALE MALE VOICE CHOIR FY2026	£33k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE COTSWOLD MALE VOICE CHOIR FY2025	£32k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
NORTHAMPTON MALE VOICE CHOIR FY2025	£71k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
LONDON WELSH MALE VOICE CHOIR FY2025	£62k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
DURSLEY MALE VOICE CHOIR FY2025	£29k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.