Norfolk and Norwich Operatic Society

Analysis

Norfolk and Norwich Operatic Society is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Norwich. It was registered in July 1981, 45 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. It says it makes grants to individuals and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending April 2025, Norfolk and Norwich Operatic Society reported income of £236k and spending of £212k, spending 90% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £22k to £236k (+954%), an average of +80% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2022, when income rose by 457%. Over the whole period it spent 96% 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, Norfolk and Norwich Operatic Society sits at the 87th percentile: it is larger than about 87% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 83rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Ely Museum CIO (£236k), Black Swan Arts Ltd (£237k) and Reach Up Youth (£236k).