The Dewsbury Collegians Amateur Operatic Society

Analysis

The Dewsbury Collegians Amateur Operatic Society is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Dewsbury. It was registered in September 1981, 45 years ago. Its declared purposes cover arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending September 2025, The Dewsbury Collegians Amateur Operatic Society reported income of £37k and spending of £43k, spending 115% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2021 to September 2025, income grew from £17k to £37k (+125%), an average of +22% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2025, when income rose by 63%. Over the whole period it spent 107% 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, The Dewsbury Collegians Amateur Operatic Society sits at the 64th percentile: it is larger than about 64% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 56th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Godmersham and Crundale Recreation Hall (£37k), The Ken Stradling Collection (£37k) and The Oxford Samuel Beckett Theatre Charitable Trust (£37k).

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.