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Arts Charities That specialise in Orchestra

Discover 265 Arts charities that specialise in orchestra. Use the search below to filter within these results.

265
Charities
£6,747,187,095
Total Income
£677,701
Avg Income
100.0%
Program Ratio

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New Tyneside Orchestral Society

Arts

Orchestral Playing

Latest Income: £11,792
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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Wyre Forest Symphony Orchestra

Arts

Orchestra plays concerts to raise monies for charities. Orchestra gives opportunities to local people to play instruments and learn about music.

Latest Income: £11,744
Areas of Operation: Worcestershire
Status: Registered
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The Learning Orchestras

Arts

An adult orchestra for adult learners: meeting weekly and performing at end of term concerts

Latest Income: £11,594
Areas of Operation: London
Status: Registered
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Stainton Memorial Hall

Arts, Associations, Beneficiary group, Charity and VCS support, Facilities, Leisure

Stainton Memorial Hall is a village hall which provides a venue for village organisations and societies/groups from a wider area. It also organises its own concerts, coffee mornings etc for fundraising and to improve the social life of the village. Village organisations inc: indoor bowls,exercise groups, dominoes, orchestra, dancing, art, sewing, womens institute, parish and community council, .

Latest Income: £11,277
Areas of Operation: Middlesbrough
Status: Registered
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Montgomeryshire Youth Music (cerddorion Ifanc Maldwyn)

Arts, Associations, Beneficiary group, Charity and VCS support

The Charity provides both financial and practical support to young musicians who play in Montgomeryshire Youth Music groups including our established orchestra and concert band plus new groups such as woodwind, percussion and guitar. They raise funds to enable members to take part in weekly orchestral rehearsals, attend specialist workshops and attend residential courses.

Latest Income: £11,264
Areas of Operation: Powys
Status: Registered
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Rotary Club Of Tewkesbury Charitable Trust

Arts, Associations, Beneficiary group, Charity and VCS support, Saving of lives

Annual activities include the mounting of a Senior Citizens Party, a free Fireworks Display, a Youth Orchestra Concert, an outing for Special Needs Children, a fund-raising Classic Car Rally, relief for International disasters and other small donations to deserving causes.

Latest Income: £11,094
Areas of Operation: Gloucestershire
Status: Registered
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Cambridge Concert Orchestra

Arts

Providing music to the wider community.

Latest Income: £11,063
Areas of Operation: Cambridgeshire
Status: Registered
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The North Wiltshire Symphony Orchestra

Arts

Classical Orchestral Performances 3 times a year

Latest Income: £11,020
Areas of Operation: Wiltshire
Status: Registered
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Hereford Symphony Orchestra

Arts

Encourages and develops the playing of of orchestral music by amateur players under professional directorship.Provides an opportunity for the local community in Herefordshire to experience live classical music by the giving of regular concerts.

Latest Income: £10,960
Areas of Operation: Herefordshire
Status: Registered
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Woodford Symphony Orchestra

Arts

Recruiting local amateur musicians to rehearse and perform 3 concerts per year and other local appearances.

Latest Income: £10,956
Areas of Operation: Essex
Status: Registered
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Musicians Of All Saints

Arts

We are a chamber orchestra who play classical music concerts with a particular emphasis on 20th century music. We also play works that are unjustly neglected to give the general public in East and West Sussex the opportunity to hear this music.

Latest Income: £10,628
Areas of Operation: East Sussex
Status: Registered
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London Ripieno Society

Arts

Concert giving Choral & Orchestral Group.

Latest Income: £10,399
Areas of Operation: London
Status: Registered
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Mid Sussex Sinfonia

Arts

We promote the love of classical music through our orchestral concerts

Latest Income: £10,135
Areas of Operation: East Sussex
Status: Registered
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Linden Baroque Orchestral Society

Arts, Charity and VCS support, Heritage, Leisure

We play music of the 17th and 18th century using original instruments and historically informed performance practices. We often play unperformed music or unusual repertoire. We give concerts for public entertainment and education. We normally give one concert a year for charitable fundraising. We give platform for students and those who wish to learn the techniques.

Latest Income: £10,119
Areas of Operation: London
Status: Registered
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Cardiff And Vale Youth Orchestra Association

Arts, Beneficiary group, Education

To advance the musical education of children and young persons under the age of 22 years who are ordinarily resident in or who receive their education within Cardiff County and the Vale of Glamorgan, by the provision of financial assistance, facilities or amenities additional to those provided by the local education authorities.

Latest Income: £9,615
Areas of Operation: Cardiff
Status: Registered
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Exeter Youth Orchestra

Arts, Beneficiary group

Exeter Children's Orchestra offers children and young people aged 7-18 (and their families) the chance to play a wide variety of music in a fun, friendly and safe environment. This includes tuition and performing in concerts for the community.

Latest Income: £9,550
Areas of Operation: Devon
Status: Registered
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Clacton Concert Orchestra

Arts, Charity and VCS support

Give concerts in Clacton on Sea and the Tendring District in order to raise money for charitable purposes. We also like to provide a platform for young players to help develop their musical talents either through solo performances or by joining in with the orchestra to gain experience in orchestral playing either temporarily or as junior members of the orchestra.

Latest Income: £9,544
Areas of Operation: Essex
Status: Registered
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London Repertoire Orchestra

Arts

Amateur orchestra

Latest Income: £9,333
Areas of Operation: London
Status: Registered
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The Ludlow Orchestra

Arts, Charity and VCS support

Musical performance, education and rehearsal.Fund raising performances.

Latest Income: £8,886
Areas of Operation: Shropshire
Status: Registered
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Harrogate Philharmonic Orchestra

Arts, Economic and community development, Education

The orchestra consisting of mostly amateur players provides concerts to the general public and gives young local soloists opportunities to perform in front of an audience. Members include students as well as players in full time employment and is open to new members in the region who can play a classical instrument with an interest in classical music.

Latest Income: £8,707
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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Streatham St Bart's Chamber Orchestra

Arts, Charitable activities, Research

Promotion, improvement, development and maintenance of public education in and appreciation of the art and science of orchestral music by the presentation of public orchestral concerts and by such other ways as the Orchestra shall determine from time to time.

Latest Income: £8,671
Areas of Operation: Croydon
Status: Registered
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Phase One Steel Orchestra Association

Arts, Beneficiary group

To advance the education of young persons between the ages of 8 and 18 years who are resident in or near Coventry by training them in the playing of steel band instruments.

Latest Income: £8,592
Areas of Operation: Coventry City
Status: Registered
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Classical Road Show

Arts, Beneficiary group, Education

The Company's charitable objective is children's musical education through participation in musical productions and workshops. We promoted 2 performances of The Battle of Britain with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra(RPO) and the London Mozart Players(LMP), 1 performance of Fire! with the LMP. The Company continued to offer free Song & Rhythm Workshops in schools in London and the South East.

Latest Income: £8,076
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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Eversley Choral Union

Arts

A choir which number 64 persons +. We perform concerts of sacred music twice per year. We charge a fee to attend but members subs subsidize costs. We use a profession organist, orchestra and conductor.

Latest Income: £8,008
Areas of Operation: Cumbria
Status: Registered
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Letchworth Sinfonia

Arts, Facilities

To make live orchestral music available to the local community by presenting 2-3 concerts annually at venues in and around Letchworth Garden City.

Latest Income: £7,993
Areas of Operation: Hertfordshire
Status: Registered
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Frequently asked questions about this sector

How many orchestra arts charities are there in the UK?

There are 265 registered orchestra arts charities on the Charity Commission for England and Wales register at the most recent refresh.

Which is the largest of the orchestra arts charities by income?

Wellcome Trust is the largest by latest reported annual income (£569.5m). Notable peers are listed on this page; the full ranking is available by sorting the results by highest income.

What is the combined annual income of orchestra arts charities?

Orchestra arts charities reported a combined annual income of £6.7bn across their most recent filings with the Charity Commission.

What is a typical program ratio for orchestra arts charities?

Across all orchestra arts charities, the aggregate program ratio (charitable expenditure as a share of income) is 100.0%. Individual charity ratios vary widely — see each profile for a sector-band benchmark.

What is the average annual income of orchestra arts charities?

Orchestra arts charities have an average annual income of £678k. The distribution is heavily skewed: a small number of large charities account for most sector income, while the majority report under £100k a year.

Where does this data come from?

All figures are sourced from the Charity Commission for England and Wales public register, refreshed weekly. Derived metrics (program ratio, efficiency) are calculated by Charity Finder using the formulas documented on the data sources page.