Aylesbury Orchestral Society

Analysis

Aylesbury Orchestral Society is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Leighton Buzzard. It was registered in May 1978, 48 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and 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 March 2025, Aylesbury Orchestral Society reported income of £14k and spending of £19k, spending 131% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £3,871 to £14k (+274%), an average of +39% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 213%. Over the whole period it spent 109% 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, Aylesbury Orchestral Society sits at the 40th percentile: it is larger than about 40% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 38th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The York Georgian Society (£14k), Ashurst Wood Village Centre (£14k) and The Victoria Institution (Known As Cliviger Village Hall) (£14k).