Cranbrook Operatic and Dramatic Society

Analysis

Cranbrook Operatic and Dramatic Society is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Ashford. It was registered in July 2004, 22 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. It says it makes grants to organisations, provides services and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Cranbrook Operatic and Dramatic Society reported income of £34k and spending of £32k, spending 96% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £6,254 to £34k (+443%), an average of +53% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 532%. Over the whole period it spent 47% 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, Cranbrook Operatic and Dramatic Society sits at the 62nd percentile: it is larger than about 62% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 54th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Ifa Yoruba Contemporary Arts Trust (£34k), Hose Village Hall Trust (£34k) and Montgomeryshire Youth Theatre (£34k).