Hitchin Symphony Orchestra

Analysis

Hitchin Symphony Orchestra is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Hertfordshire. It was registered in May 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 provides services.

In the financial year ending June 2025, Hitchin Symphony Orchestra reported income of £13k and spending of £13k, spending 100% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2021 to June 2025, income grew from £265 to £13k (+4631%), an average of +162% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2022, when income rose by 3806%. Over the whole period it spent 127% 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, Hitchin Symphony Orchestra sits at the 37th percentile: it is larger than about 37% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 35th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Villa Lena Foundation (£13k), Cor Dathlu Cwmtawe Male Choir (£13k) and The Royal Institution of South Wales (£13k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.