Bath Philharmonic Orchestra

Analysis

Bath Philharmonic Orchestra is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bath. It was registered in January 1999, 27 years ago. Its declared purposes cover arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03685553). It says it other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Bath Philharmonic Orchestra reported income of £407k and spending of £435k, spending 107% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £280k to £407k (+45%), an average of +9.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2022, when income rose by 43%. Over the whole period it spent 98% 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, Bath Philharmonic Orchestra sits at the 91st percentile: it is larger than about 90% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 88th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Leeds Civic Trust (£407k), Ad Infinitum Productions CIO (£407k) and Fabrica (£406k).