The Cockett Amateur Operatic Society

Analysis

The Cockett Amateur Operatic Society is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Swansea. It was registered in December 1990, 36 years ago. Its declared purposes cover arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending July 2026, The Cockett Amateur Operatic Society reported income of £42k and spending of £40k, spending 95% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from July 2022 to July 2026, income grew from £1,959 to £42k (+2038%), an average of +115% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to July 2023, when income rose by 1738%. Over the whole period it spent 92% 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 Cockett Amateur Operatic Society sits at the 66th percentile: it is larger than about 66% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 58th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Salzburg Easter Festival Foundation (£42k), The Leconfield Singers (£42k) and St Edmundsbury Male Voice Choir (£42k).