Cleckheaton and Spenborough Amateur Operatic and Dramatic Society

Analysis

Cleckheaton and Spenborough Amateur Operatic and Dramatic Society is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cleckheaton. It was registered in June 1972, 54 years ago. Its declared purposes cover arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending February 2025, Cleckheaton and Spenborough Amateur Operatic and Dramatic Society reported income of £19k and spending of £19k, spending 96% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from February 2021 to February 2025, income grew from £3,081 to £19k (+524%), an average of +58% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to February 2023, when income rose by 599267%. Over the whole period it spent 115% 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, Cleckheaton and Spenborough Amateur Operatic and Dramatic Society sits at the 48th percentile: it is larger than about 48% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 44th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Georgette Wright Foundation (£19k), Mundford Recreation Ground and Village Hall (£19k) and Pwyllgor Gwaith Gwyl Cefni (£19k).