Hastleon Amateur Operatic and Dramatic Society

Analysis

Hastleon Amateur Operatic and Dramatic Society is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in East Sussex. It was registered in April 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 provides buildings/facilities/open space and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Hastleon Amateur Operatic and Dramatic Society reported income of £28k and spending of £37k, spending 133% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £2,553 to £28k (+1000%), an average of +82% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 353%. Over the whole period it spent 113% 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, Hastleon Amateur Operatic and Dramatic Society sits at the 58th percentile: it is larger than about 58% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 51st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Aston and Cote Community Trust (£28k), St Hugh's Foundation for the Arts (£28k) and New Sussex Singers (£28k).