Common questions about National Youth Choirs of Great Britain's rating, finances, and Charity Commission status.
Is National Youth Choirs of Great Britain a good charity? +
National Youth Choirs of Great Britain scores 78 out of 100 (4 stars — Good) on CharityCompare's Clarity Score, our independent read of its UK regulator filings. Around 93% of its spending goes to charitable activities (3-yr avg) and its accounts are up to date. That reflects how transparent and financially healthy it looks on paper — it does not measure the real-world impact of its work, so treat it as one factor alongside the cause you care about. CharityCompare never tells you where to donate.
Is National Youth Choirs of Great Britain a legitimate charity? +
The register data used for this profile lists National Youth Choirs of Great Britain as a registered charity (charity number 515660). Verify it on the official register: https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-details/?regId=515660&subId=0. Check the current entry and the identity of anyone requesting money. Registration does not verify a particular appeal; Clarity Score summarises filing transparency, not programme impact.
What is National Youth Choirs of Great Britain's charity number? +
National Youth Choirs of Great Britain's charity number is 515660. Check that number on the official register (Charity Commission, OSCR or CCNI) or this CharityCompare profile before you donate — scammers sometimes reuse real numbers on fake appeals.
What is National Youth Choirs of Great Britain's charity rating? +
National Youth Choirs of Great Britain scores 78 out of 100 on CharityCompare (4 stars — Good). The Clarity Score (method v1.1) sums four pillars from UK regulator filings: Accountability & Transparency (40 pts), Financial Health (30), Financial Efficiency (20), and Community Support (10). Stars use the same bands as those labels — 90+ is 5★ Exceptional. It is not an impact ranking.
Does National Youth Choirs of Great Britain have reviews and complaints? +
CharityCompare does not host public user reviews for National Youth Choirs of Great Britain. Instead you get a filing-based Clarity Score, cause spend, reserves and red flags such as late accounts (none flagged on this profile). For formal complaints about a charity, contact the Charity Commission, OSCR, CCNI or the Fundraising Regulator as appropriate.
How much of my donation reaches National Youth Choirs of Great Britain? +
Across the recent disclosed accounts used for this score, 93% of National Youth Choirs of Great Britain's total spending went to charitable activities (3-yr avg across disclosed years). That is the closest official figure to "how much of your donation reaches the cause" — it is an average across all spending in the filing, not a pound-by-pound breakdown of an individual gift.
What are National Youth Choirs of Great Britain's overheads? +
Across the recent disclosed accounts used for this score, fundraising costs were about 6% of total expenditure and fundraising plus separately reported governance figures amount to about 6% of expenditure (2023–2025, disclosed years); these categories can overlap, so this is not a distinct total of all administration costs at National Youth Choirs of Great Britain. National Youth Choirs of Great Britain's annual return for the year ending 30 September 2025 reports 2 employees paid more than £60,000. The highest reported pay band is £70,001–£80,000 (1 employee). Individual salaries, including the chief executive's, are disclosed in the trustees' annual report rather than on the register.
How much income does National Youth Choirs of Great Britain receive? +
National Youth Choirs of Great Britain reported £1.9m total income in its 2025 accounts, based on UK regulator filings. Five-year trend: growing.
Are National Youth Choirs of Great Britain's accounts up to date? +
Filing status: up to date (last filing 2026-06-24). CharityCompare flags late or missing accounts separately from the financial score.
Where is National Youth Choirs of Great Britain based? +
National Youth Choirs of Great Britain's registered contact address is in Durham (DH7 7DW). It tells the regulator it operates in England and Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, with a focus on education.
How much is National Youth Choirs of Great Britain's chief executive paid? +
The Charity Commission register does not name individual salaries. National Youth Choirs of Great Britain's annual return for the year ending 30 September 2025 reports 2 employees paid more than £60,000. The highest reported pay band is £70,001–£80,000 (1 employee). Charities normally disclose the chief executive's pay, or the pay of their highest-paid staff, in the remuneration note of the trustees' annual report and accounts.
Where does National Youth Choirs of Great Britain's money come from? +
National Youth Choirs of Great Britain reported £1.9m total income for the year ending 30 September 2025. The largest sources were charitable activities £1.3m (66%), donations and legacies £654k (34%), investments £4,383 (0%).
Can I claim Gift Aid on a donation to National Youth Choirs of Great Britain? +
The register records National Youth Choirs of Great Britain as registered with HMRC for Gift Aid, so a UK taxpayer can usually add 25p to every £1 they give by making a Gift Aid declaration.
Are National Youth Choirs of Great Britain's trustees paid? +
National Youth Choirs of Great Britain's annual return for the year ending 30 September 2025 reports that no trustee received remuneration or other benefits from the charity.
What was National Youth Choirs of Great Britain previously called? +
The register lists this previous name for National Youth Choirs of Great Britain: National Youth Choir (Great Britain) LTD.
When was National Youth Choirs of Great Britain registered as a charity? +
National Youth Choirs of Great Britain was entered on the register on 23 October 1984. It is also a company registered at Companies House (company number 01850803).
How does CharityCompare score National Youth Choirs of Great Britain? +
We calculate a Clarity Score of 0–100 from four pillars in National Youth Choirs of Great Britain's regulator filings: Accountability & Transparency (40 points — filing history, trustees, policies), Financial Health (30 — reserves, income trend, debt), Financial Efficiency (20 — cause spend and fundraising cost, on a graduated scale) and Community Support (10 — volunteer-to-staff ratio). An open statutory inquiry scores 0. The score measures reporting on paper, not programme impact. CharityCompare is free for donors, takes no commission on donations, and scores cannot be bought.
How often is this page updated? +
This profile was last updated on 6 September 2026 from the latest UK regulator data available to CharityCompare, and National Youth Choirs of Great Britain's most recent accounts cover 2025. Scores and figures refresh whenever we re-ingest the register, so the page reflects our latest data pull rather than a one-off review.