Fakenham and District Light Operatic Society

Analysis

Fakenham and District Light Operatic Society is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Norfolk. It was registered in January 2015, 11 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science, recreation and other charitable purposes, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. It says it provides services and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending May 2025, Fakenham and District Light Operatic Society reported income of £38k and spending of £37k, spending 96% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from May 2021 to May 2025, income grew from £4,865 to £38k (+683%), an average of +67% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to May 2023, when income rose by 8093%. Over the whole period it spent 106% 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, Fakenham and District Light Operatic Society sits at the 64th percentile: it is larger than about 64% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 56th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Twickenham Museum (£38k), The Bryan Robertson Trust (£38k) and The Village Hall East and Botolph Claydon (£38k).