Performance Workshop

Analysis

Performance Workshop is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cheltenham. It was registered in March 2001, 25 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. It says it provides human resources.

In the financial year ending September 2025, Performance Workshop reported income of £45k and spending of £42k, spending 93% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2021 to September 2025, income grew from £10k to £45k (+348%), an average of +46% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2022, when income rose by 160%. Over the whole period it spent 94% 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, Performance Workshop sits at the 67th percentile: it is larger than about 67% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 59th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include King Edward Musical Society of Macclesfield (£45k), Frecheville Community Centre (£45k) and Porthcawl u3a (£45k).