The Leatherhead Operatic Society CIO

Analysis

The Leatherhead Operatic Society CIO is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Surrey. It was registered in September 2013, 13 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 incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Leatherhead Operatic Society CIO reported income of £55k and spending of £58k, spending 105% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £978 to £55k (+5545%), an average of +174% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 1180%. Over the whole period it spent 103% 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 Leatherhead Operatic Society CIO sits at the 71st percentile: it is larger than about 71% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 62nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Watford Philharmonic Society (£55k), Hay Music Trust (£55k) and Central London Barbershop Harmony Club (£55k).