North Staffordshire Symphony Orchestra

Analysis

North Staffordshire Symphony Orchestra is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Stafford. It was registered in January 1994, 32 years ago. Its declared purposes cover arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending August 2025, North Staffordshire Symphony Orchestra reported income of £14k and spending of £14k, spending 101% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £1,041 to £14k (+1261%), an average of +92% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2022, when income rose by 995%. Over the whole period it spent 101% 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, North Staffordshire Symphony Orchestra sits at the 40th percentile: it is larger than about 40% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 38th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Village Hall (£14k), Midsomer Norton and Radstock Silver Band (£14k) and Leicester Literary and Philosophical Society (£14k).