B.t.d.a. Limited

Analysis

B.t.d.a. Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Leicester. It was registered in December 1998, 28 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 01132914). It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, B.t.d.a. Limited reported income of £889k and spending of £912k, spending 103% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £277k to £889k (+221%), an average of +34% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 104%. 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, B.t.d.a. Limited sits at the 95th percentile: it is larger than about 94% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 93rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Kenton Theatre (Henley-On-Thames) Management Society Ltd (£888k), Newport Playgoers' Society (£894k) and The Plough Arts Centre Limited (£887k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 94% and donations and legacies 5.0%. Charitable activities took 92% of spending and raising funds 4.4%. Grants to other organisations totalled £32k. Reserves of £110k would cover about 1 months of spending at that rate. It employed 7 people.