Walk the Plank

Analysis

Walk the Plank is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Salford. It was registered in April 1995, 31 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 03028442). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Walk the Plank reported income of £2.3m and spending of £2.3m, spending 100% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £2.9m to £2.3m (-22%), an average of -5.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 143%. 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, Walk the Plank sits at the 97th percentile: it is larger than about 97% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 96th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Tramway Museum Society (£2.3m), Aurora Orchestra (£2.3m) and Roses Theatre Trust (£2.3m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 89%, donations and legacies 8.9% and trading 1.3%. Charitable activities took 96% of spending and raising funds 3.4%. Reserves of £408k would cover about 2 months of spending at that rate. It employed 21 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.