Carmarthen and District Youth Opera

Analysis

Carmarthen and District Youth Opera is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Carmarthen. It was registered in August 1993, 33 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 02820709). It says it provides services and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending May 2025, Carmarthen and District Youth Opera reported income of £86k and spending of £87k, spending 101% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from May 2021 to May 2025, income grew from £6,849 to £86k (+1157%), an average of +88% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to May 2022, when income rose by 943%. Over the whole period it spent 90% 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, Carmarthen and District Youth Opera sits at the 77th percentile: it is larger than about 77% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 69th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Gresford & District War Memorial Community Centre Trust (£86k), West Acre Arts Foundation Limited (£86k) and Temple Lodge Publishing Limited (£86k).