The Stockport Symphony Orchestra

Analysis

The Stockport Symphony Orchestra is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Ashton-Under-Lyne. It was registered in March 1985, 41 years ago. Its declared purposes cover arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending July 2025, The Stockport Symphony Orchestra reported income of £53k and spending of £39k, leaving 27% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from July 2021 to July 2025, income grew from £10k to £53k (+406%), an average of +50% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to July 2022, when income rose by 224%. Over the whole period it spent 81% 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 Stockport Symphony Orchestra sits at the 70th percentile: it is larger than about 70% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 62nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Birmingham Youth Theatre (£53k), The Textile Society for the Study of the History, Art and Design of Textiles (£53k) and The International Guild of Knot Tyers (£53k).