East London Dance

Analysis

East London Dance is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in March 1996, 30 years ago. Its declared purposes cover arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03167185). It says it provides services, provides advocacy/advice/information and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending March 2025, East London Dance reported income of £566k and spending of £825k, spending 146% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £1.5m to £566k (-62%), an average of -22% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income dropped by 45%. Over the whole period it spent 78% 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, East London Dance sits at the 93rd percentile: it is larger than about 92% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 91st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Site Gallery Ltd. (£565k), West Green House Opera Limited (£570k) and Small World Theatre Ltd (£563k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 64%, trading 16%, charitable activities 14% and investments 6.7%. Charitable activities took 89% of spending and raising funds 7.1%. Reserves of £70k would cover about 1 months of spending at that rate. It employed 19 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.