Dance East

Analysis

Dance East is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Ipswich. It was registered in December 1997, 29 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives, arts/culture/heritage/science and amateur sport, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03463592). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Dance East reported income of £2.1m and spending of £2.2m, spending 103% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £1.9m to £2.1m (+12%), an average of +2.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 19%. Over the whole period it spent 101% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Dance East sits at the 93rd percentile: it is larger than about 93% 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 Af&v Launchpad Limited (£2.1m), The Christian Trust (£2.1m) and The Birmingham Settlement (£2.1m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 67%, charitable activities 25%, trading 6.0% and investments 1.7%. Charitable activities took 90% of spending and raising funds 4.7%. Reserves of £419k would cover about 2 months of spending at that rate. It employed 27 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.