Chelmsford Amateur Operatic and Dramatic Society

Analysis

Chelmsford Amateur Operatic and Dramatic Society is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Chelmsford. It was registered in September 1985, 41 years ago. Its declared purposes cover 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 May 2026, Chelmsford Amateur Operatic and Dramatic Society reported income of £120k and spending of £111k, spending 92% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from May 2022 to May 2026, income grew from £63k to £120k (+91%), an average of +18% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to May 2023, when income rose by 63%. Over the whole period it spent 100% 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, Chelmsford Amateur Operatic and Dramatic Society sits at the 81st percentile: it is larger than about 81% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 74th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Analysis Trust (£120k), The Raze Collective (£120k) and York House Centre (Stony Stratford) (£120k).