Burnley Light Opera Society

Analysis

Burnley Light Opera Society is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Burnley. It was registered in June 1976, 50 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training and 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 January 2026, Burnley Light Opera Society reported income of £80k and spending of £68k, spending 85% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from January 2022 to January 2026, income grew from £40k to £80k (+102%), an average of +19% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to January 2025, when income rose by 105%. Over the whole period it spent 98% 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, Burnley Light Opera Society sits at the 76th percentile: it is larger than about 76% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 68th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Bakewell and District Historical Society (£80k), Ricnic (£80k) and Into Opera (£80k).