The Dorset Chamber Orchestra

Analysis

The Dorset Chamber Orchestra is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Dorset. It was registered in January 1998, 28 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and 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 June 2025, The Dorset Chamber Orchestra reported income of £10k and spending of £9,961, spending 95% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2021 to June 2025, income grew from £156 to £10k (+6606%), an average of +186% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2022, when income rose by 2321%. Over the whole period it spent 102% 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, The Dorset Chamber Orchestra sits at the 33rd percentile: it is larger than about 33% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 32nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Grassington Singers (£10k), Oakley and Deane Women's Institute (£10k) and The Watson Hall (£10k).