Rehearsal Orchestra

Analysis

Rehearsal Orchestra is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in West Sussex. It was registered in February 1968, 58 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 00809134). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending September 2025, Rehearsal Orchestra reported income of £78k and spending of £106k, spending 136% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2021 to September 2025, income grew from £28k to £78k (+178%), an average of +29% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2022, when income rose by 150%. Over the whole period it spent 89% 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, Rehearsal Orchestra sits at the 76th percentile: it is larger than about 76% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 67th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Lady Waterford Hall Trust (£78k), Tertis and Aronowitz International Viola Competitions (£78k) and Cranleigh Heritage Trust (£78k).