Woodley Light Operatic Society

Analysis

Woodley Light Operatic Society is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Reading. It was registered in March 1977, 49 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. It says it other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Woodley Light Operatic Society reported income of £32k and spending of £30k, spending 92% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £13k to £32k (+147%), an average of +25% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 96%. Over the whole period it spent 106% 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, Woodley Light Operatic Society sits at the 61st percentile: it is larger than about 61% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 53rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Gloucestershire Family History Society (£32k), Wherry Maud Trust (£32k) and Concord Video and Film Council Limited (£32k).