The Stock Exchange Dramatic and Operatic Society

Analysis

The Stock Exchange Dramatic and Operatic Society is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in July 2017, 9 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes 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 makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2024, The Stock Exchange Dramatic and Operatic Society reported income of £157k and spending of £177k, spending 113% of what it took in. Across the 4 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2024, income grew from £98k to £157k (+61%), an average of +17% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income rose by 32%. Over the whole period it spent 132% 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 Stock Exchange Dramatic and Operatic Society sits at the 83rd percentile: it is larger than about 83% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 78th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Bath Ethnic Minority Senior Citizens Association (£157k), The Military Intelligence Museum (£157k) and Northampton Arts Collective Limited (£157k).

Data notes from the register: The regulator lists this charity's latest annual return or accounts as overdue. Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.