Newark Amateur Operatic Society

Analysis

Newark Amateur Operatic Society is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Nottinghamshire. It was registered in May 2001, 25 years ago. Its declared purposes cover arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 04192517). It says it makes grants to organisations and provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Newark Amateur Operatic Society reported income of £36k and spending of £47k, spending 129% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £37k to £36k (-1.4%), an average of -0.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income rose by 37%. Over the whole period it spent 99% 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, Newark Amateur Operatic Society sits at the 63rd percentile: it is larger than about 63% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 55th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Bramford Victory Hall Trust (£36k), Biddulph Moor Village Hall (£36k) and The Corporation of Winchelsea (£36k).