Havant and District Orchestral Society

Analysis

Havant and District Orchestral Society is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Portsmouth. It was registered in March 1984, 42 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, Havant and District Orchestral Society reported income of £37k and spending of £33k, spending 88% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from July 2021 to July 2025, income grew from £36k to £37k (+4.0%), an average of +1.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to July 2023, when income rose by 80%. Over the whole period it spent 77% 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, Havant and District Orchestral Society sits at the 64th percentile: it is larger than about 64% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 56th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Shaw Society (£37k), The Friends of the University of Bristol Theatre Collection (£37k) and Glossop Concert Society (£37k).