The Stamford Gilbert and Sullivan Players

Analysis

The Stamford Gilbert and Sullivan Players is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Lincolnshire. It was registered in November 2006, 20 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.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Stamford Gilbert and Sullivan Players reported income of £21k and spending of £18k, spending 86% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £1,803 to £21k (+1086%), an average of +86% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 472%. Over the whole period it spent 97% 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 Stamford Gilbert and Sullivan Players sits at the 51st percentile: it is larger than about 51% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 46th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Woodchurch Museum Trust (£21k), Tavistock Heritage Trust (£21k) and Nene Valley Dance Festival (£21k).