Council for Dance, Drama and Musical Theatre

Analysis

Council for Dance, Drama and Musical Theatre is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in January 2000, 26 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 03888776). It says it provides services, provides advocacy/advice/information and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending February 2025, Council for Dance, Drama and Musical Theatre reported income of £328k and spending of £307k, spending 94% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from February 2021 to February 2025, income grew from £271k to £328k (+21%), an average of +4.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to February 2024, when income rose by 28%. Over the whole period it spent 95% 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, Council for Dance, Drama and Musical Theatre sits at the 89th percentile: it is larger than about 89% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 86th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Foxlowe Arts Centre Ltd (£328k), Outset - Contemporary Art Fund (£328k) and The Fan Museum (£327k).