Ashby Dramatic Society Limited

Analysis

Ashby Dramatic Society Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Ashby-De-La-Zouch. It was registered in May 1977, 49 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 01297097). It says it other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending July 2025, Ashby Dramatic Society Limited reported income of £42k and spending of £45k, spending 106% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from July 2021 to July 2025, income grew from £17k to £42k (+142%), an average of +25% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to July 2022, when income rose by 101%. Over the whole period it spent 112% 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, Ashby Dramatic Society Limited 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 The Waterloo and Crosby Theatre Company (£42k), Hemingford Abbots Village Hall (£42k) and 1st Hellingly Scout Group (£42k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.