The North Wiltshire Symphony Orchestra

Analysis

The North Wiltshire Symphony Orchestra is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Wiltshire. It was registered in July 1974, 52 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 July 2025, The North Wiltshire Symphony Orchestra reported income of £11k and spending of £9,746, spending 88% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from July 2021 to July 2025, income grew from £288 to £11k (+3726%), an average of +149% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to July 2022, when income rose by 2297%. Over the whole period it spent 102% 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, The North Wiltshire Symphony 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 The Bath Weston Village 'e' Townswomen's Guild (£11k), Haywards Heath Music Society (£11k) and Penybontfawr Male Voice Choir/Cor Meibion Penybontfawr (£11k).