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Ledbury Amateur Dramatic Society Limited

RegisteredRegistered charity number 1174743LedburyArts, culture, heritage and science
Income£134k2025-05-31
Spending£133ksame year
Spent / received93%5-year average
Size in its cause82nd pctArts, culture, heritage and science
Registered2017Charitable company
Employees–latest return

Analysis

Ledbury Amateur Dramatic Society Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Ledbury. It was registered in September 2017, 9 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science and recreation, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 10348636). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending May 2025, Ledbury Amateur Dramatic Society Limited reported income of £134k and spending of £133k, spending 99% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from May 2021 to May 2025, income grew from £21k to £134k (+548%), an average of +60% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to May 2022, when income rose by 296%. Over the whole period it spent 93% 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, Ledbury Amateur Dramatic Society Limited sits at the 82nd percentile: it is larger than about 82% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 75th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Friends of Tower Hamlets Cemetery Park (£134k), Surrey Archaeological Society (£134k) and The National Brewery Heritage Trust Limited (£134k).

Income and spending

£0£34k£67k£101k£134k2021 Income: £20,7242021 Spending: £16,26620212022 Income: £82,0482022 Spending: £57,30920222023 Income: £100,5052023 Spending: £97,76420232024 Income: £98,9422024 Spending: £103,18920242025 Income: £134,3802025 Spending: £133,0972025
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Where the income comes from

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In the charity's own words

The Society organises a range of arts events, including plays, films, music (from classics to pop) and live screenings of drama, opera and ballet; the Society owns, manages and operates the 128-seat Market Theatre in Ledbury. The Society relies on ticket sales, membership subscriptions and hiring fees to cover costs.

Similar-sized charities, same cause

CharityLocationIncome
The Friends of Tower Hamlets Cemetery ParkLondon£134k
Surrey Archaeological SocietySurrey£134k
The National Brewery Heritage Trust LimitedStaffordshire£134k
Huguenot Society of Great Britain and IrelandMiddlesex£134k