Activate Performing Arts

Analysis

Activate Performing Arts is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Dorset. It was registered in May 1998, 28 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 03439777). It says it provides human resources, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Activate Performing Arts reported income of £642k and spending of £488k, leaving 24% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £462k to £642k (+39%), an average of +8.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 34%. Over the whole period it spent 97% 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, Activate Performing Arts 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 91st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include A Space : Growing Creative Communities (£640k), Eric and Salome Estorick Foundation (£642k) and Eastern Angles Theatre Company Limited (£639k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 78% and charitable activities 21%. Charitable activities took 100% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £151k would cover about 4 months of spending at that rate. It employed 18 people.