The Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts

Analysis

The Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Liverpool. It was registered in January 1991, 35 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and other charitable purposes, which this site groups under education and training. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 02511501). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending July 2025, The Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts reported income of £15.0m and spending of £14.9m, spending 99% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from July 2021 to July 2025, income grew from £11.5m to £15.0m (+31%), an average of +6.9% a year. Over the whole period it spent 98% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, The Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts sits at the 99th percentile: it is larger than about 99% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 99th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Malvern St James Limited (£15.0m), The Duke of Edinburgh's International Award Foundation (£15.1m) and Sidcot School (£15.0m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 97% and trading 2.5%. Charitable activities took 98% of spending and raising funds 2.1%. Reserves of £20.5m would cover about 16 months of spending at that rate. It employed 157 people.