Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra Benevolent Fund

Analysis

Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra Benevolent Fund is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Dorset. It was registered in September 2015, 11 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it makes grants to individuals.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra Benevolent Fund reported income of £11k and spending of £5,552, leaving 51% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £3,391 to £11k (+236%), an average of +35% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 214%. Over the whole period it spent 149% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra Benevolent Fund sits at the 35th percentile: it is larger than about 35% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 33rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Godians Assembly Limited (£11k), Act 2 Give (£11k) and Stockton Hope (£11k).