Zodiac Theatre Group (formerly The Zodiac Amateur Operatic Society)

Analysis

Zodiac Theatre Group (formerly The Zodiac Amateur Operatic Society) is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Ellesmere Port. It was registered in August 1970, 56 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 March 2025, Zodiac Theatre Group (formerly The Zodiac Amateur Operatic Society) reported income of £43k and spending of £51k, spending 120% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £3,675 to £43k (+1064%), an average of +85% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 661%. Over the whole period it spent 101% 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, Zodiac Theatre Group (formerly The Zodiac Amateur Operatic Society) sits at the 66th percentile: it is larger than about 66% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 58th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Wantage Literary Festival (£43k), Il Circolo Italian Cultural Association Limited (£43k) and Letchworth Arcadians (£43k).