Buxted Symphony Orchestra

Analysis

Buxted Symphony Orchestra is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in East Sussex. It was registered in April 2020, 6 years ago. Its declared purposes cover 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, Buxted Symphony Orchestra reported income of £13k and spending of £12k, spending 94% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £4,374 to £13k (+189%), an average of +30% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2022, when income rose by 113%. 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, Buxted Symphony Orchestra sits at the 37th percentile: it is larger than about 37% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 35th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Chapel Street Music (£13k), Friends of Bradford Youth Players (£13k) and The Penkhull Festival of Music and Art (£13k).