Exeter Youth Orchestra

Analysis

Exeter Youth Orchestra is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Devon. It was registered in April 1989, 37 years ago. Its declared purposes cover arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. It says it provides human resources and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending July 2026, Exeter Youth Orchestra reported income of £11k and spending of £18k, spending 157% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from July 2022 to July 2026, income fell from £17k to £11k (-36%), an average of -10% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to July 2023, when income dropped by 44%. Over the whole period it spent 130% 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, Exeter Youth Orchestra sits at the 34th percentile: it is larger than about 34% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 33rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Thames Philharmonia (£11k), Kvu Singers (£11k) and Record Society of Lancashire and Cheshire (£11k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.