Cambridge Concert Orchestra

Analysis

Cambridge Concert Orchestra is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cambridge. It was registered in May 1973, 53 years ago. Its declared purposes cover arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. It says it other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Cambridge Concert Orchestra reported income of £11k and spending of £16k, spending 143% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £3,633 to £11k (+205%), an average of +32% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 165%. Over the whole period it spent 101% 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, Cambridge Concert Orchestra sits at the 34th percentile: it is larger than about 34% 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 Friends of Towneley Park (£11k), Radford Semele School Parent Teacher Association (£11k) and St John's House Trust (Bridgend) (£11k).