Aurora Orchestra

Analysis

Aurora Orchestra is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in February 2014, 12 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 08523283). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Aurora Orchestra reported income of £2.3m and spending of £2.1m, spending 90% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £917k to £2.3m (+149%), an average of +26% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 89%. Over the whole period it spent 95% 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, Aurora Orchestra sits at the 97th percentile: it is larger than about 97% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 96th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Walk the Plank (£2.3m), The Story Museum (£2.3m) and The Tramway Museum Society (£2.3m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 70% and donations and legacies 30%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £110k. Charitable activities took 91% of spending and raising funds 8.1%. Reserves of £431k would cover about 3 months of spending at that rate. It employed 11 people.