Bexhill Light Operatic and Dramatic Society

Analysis

Bexhill Light Operatic and Dramatic Society is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bexhill-On-Sea. It was registered in May 1986, 40 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 December 2025, Bexhill Light Operatic and Dramatic Society reported income of £60k and spending of £59k, spending 99% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £80k to £60k (-25%), an average of -7.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2025, when income rose by 616%. 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, Bexhill Light Operatic and Dramatic Society sits at the 72nd percentile: it is larger than about 72% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 63rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Norwich Film Festival (£60k), Hebden Bridge Little Theatre Limited (£60k) and Sherborne Area Youth & Community Centre (£60k).