Lincoln Amateur Operatic and Dramatic Society

Analysis

Lincoln Amateur Operatic and Dramatic Society is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Lincoln. It was registered in June 2019, 7 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 August 2025, Lincoln Amateur Operatic and Dramatic Society reported income of £65k and spending of £61k, spending 93% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £5,389 to £65k (+1113%), an average of +87% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2022, when income rose by 569%. Over the whole period it spent 99% 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, Lincoln Amateur Operatic and Dramatic Society sits at the 73rd percentile: it is larger than about 73% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 65th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Michael Tippett Musical Foundation (£65k), The Monday Night Group (£65k) and Friends of Jesmond Library (£65k).