Friends of the Hampshire County Youth Orchestra

Analysis

Friends of the Hampshire County Youth Orchestra is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Hampshire. It was registered in March 1976, 50 years ago. Its declared purposes cover arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. It says it makes grants to organisations, provides human resources and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Friends of the Hampshire County Youth Orchestra reported income of £24k and spending of £37k, spending 154% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £7,202 to £24k (+239%), an average of +36% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2022, when income rose by 338%. Over the whole period it spent 95% 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, Friends of the Hampshire County Youth Orchestra sits at the 55th percentile: it is larger than about 55% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 49th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Haslemere Decorative and Fine Arts Society (£24k), Milburn Village Hall (£24k) and Kessingland Sports and Social Centre (£24k).