National Operatic and Dramatic Association

Analysis

National Operatic and Dramatic Association is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Peterborough. It was registered in January 2017, 9 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and 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 provides services, provides advocacy/advice/information and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending December 2025, National Operatic and Dramatic Association reported income of £1.1m and spending of £952k, spending 90% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £355k to £1.1m (+199%), an average of +32% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 62%. Over the whole period it spent 101% 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, National Operatic and Dramatic Association sits at the 95th percentile: it is larger than about 95% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 94th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include People's Palace Projects (£1.1m), The Print Room Theatre (£1.1m) and Dance Consortium Limited (£1.1m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 70%, trading 12%, donations and legacies 10% and investments 2.5%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £100k. Charitable activities took 96% of spending and raising funds 0.6%. Reserves of £1.1m would cover about 13 months of spending at that rate. It employed 6 people.