Newtown Amateur Dramatic Society

Analysis

Newtown Amateur Dramatic Society is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Newtown. It was registered in May 1969, 57 years ago. Its declared purposes cover arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending May 2025, Newtown Amateur Dramatic Society reported income of £13k and spending of £18k, spending 138% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from May 2021 to May 2025, income fell from £22k to £13k (-41%), an average of -12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to May 2023, when income rose by 200%. Over the whole period it spent 87% 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, Newtown Amateur Dramatic Society sits at the 37th percentile: it is larger than about 37% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 36th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Vision Community Centre (£13k), Misbourne Orchestra (£13k) and City of Norwich Brass (£13k).