Kendal Amateur Operatic Society

Analysis

Kendal Amateur Operatic Society is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Morecambe. It was registered in September 2001, 25 years ago. Its declared purposes cover arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. It says it other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending January 2025, Kendal Amateur Operatic Society reported income of £19k and spending of £21k, spending 107% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from January 2021 to January 2025, income grew from £500 to £19k (+3778%), an average of +150% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to January 2023, when income dropped by 100%. Over the whole period it spent 110% 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, Kendal Amateur Operatic Society sits at the 48th percentile: it is larger than about 48% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 44th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Northamptonshire Beekeepers' Association (£19k), The Llandudno Area U3a (£19k) and Jubilee Hall (£19k).

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.