Nottingham Philharmonic Orchestra Ltd

Analysis

Nottingham Philharmonic Orchestra Ltd is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Belper. It was registered in February 1991, 35 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 02427833). It says it other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Nottingham Philharmonic Orchestra Ltd reported income of £51k and spending of £64k, spending 127% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £6,068 to £51k (+734%), an average of +70% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2022, when income rose by 473%. Over the whole period it spent 105% 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, Nottingham Philharmonic Orchestra Ltd sits at the 69th percentile: it is larger than about 69% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 61st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Cornwall Film Festival (£51k), Art Institutions of the 21st Century (£51k) and Newbury Nomads (£50k).