Frome Symphony

Analysis

Frome Symphony is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Somerset. It was registered in July 2016, 10 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 August 2025, Frome Symphony reported income of £21k and spending of £18k, spending 88% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £50 to £21k (+41100%), an average of +350% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2022, when income rose by 19500%. Over the whole period it spent 88% 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, Frome Symphony sits at the 50th percentile: it is larger than about 50% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 45th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include I Made This (Education Through the Arts) (£21k), Louth Choral Society (£21k) and Grimsby Philharmonic Society (£21k).