Amateur Players of Sherborne

Analysis

Amateur Players of Sherborne is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Dorset. It was registered in December 2011, 15 years ago. Its declared purposes cover arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending July 2025, Amateur Players of Sherborne reported income of £31k and spending of £28k, spending 91% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from July 2021 to July 2025, income grew from £5,381 to £31k (+478%), an average of +55% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to July 2022, when income rose by 217%. Over the whole period it spent 96% 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, Amateur Players of Sherborne sits at the 60th percentile: it is larger than about 60% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 53rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Upshire Village Hall (£31k), The Yorke Trust (£31k) and The Actors of Dionysus (£31k).