Dorking Philharmonia

Analysis

Dorking Philharmonia is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in West Sussex. It was registered in August 2000, 26 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes 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 July 2025, Dorking Philharmonia reported income of £14k and spending of £13k, spending 90% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from July 2021 to July 2025, income grew from £1,755 to £14k (+693%), an average of +68% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to July 2022, when income rose by 502%. 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, Dorking Philharmonia sits at the 39th percentile: it is larger than about 39% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 37th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Chelmsford Harway House Club (£14k), St Lawrence Village Hall (£14k) and Indigenous People (£14k).