Elmhurst Ballet School

Analysis

Elmhurst Ballet School is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Birmingham. It was registered in August 1994, 32 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 02932622). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Elmhurst Ballet School reported income of £5.4m and spending of £6.2m, spending 114% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £4.9m to £5.4m (+11%), an average of +2.7% a year. Over the whole period it spent 109% 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, Elmhurst Ballet School sits at the 99th percentile: it is larger than about 98% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 98th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The National Botanic Garden of Wales (£5.4m), Royal Academy Trust (£5.4m) and John Bagley Music Trust (£5.4m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 88%, donations and legacies 2.9%, trading 2.2% and investments 2.2%. Charitable activities took 97% of spending and raising funds 0.6%. Reserves of £825k would cover about 2 months of spending at that rate. It employed 105 people.

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.