Nonesuch Orchestra

Analysis

Nonesuch Orchestra is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in March 1989, 37 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 provides services.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Nonesuch Orchestra reported income of £17k and spending of £19k, spending 112% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £7,104 to £17k (+133%), an average of +24% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2022, when income rose by 116%. Over the whole period it spent 108% 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, Nonesuch Orchestra sits at the 44th percentile: it is larger than about 44% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 41st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Hellenic Educational Establishment (£17k), The Chipping Norton Music Festival (£17k) and International Sufi School Khidmatul Khadim (£17k).