Rambert School of Ballet and Contemporary Dance

Analysis

Rambert School of Ballet and Contemporary Dance is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Twickenham. It was registered in August 2003, 23 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 04713720). It says it provides services and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending July 2025, Rambert School of Ballet and Contemporary Dance reported income of £3.5m and spending of £3.5m, spending 99% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from July 2021 to July 2025, income grew from £2.7m to £3.5m (+31%), an average of +7.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to July 2022, when income rose by 18%. Over the whole period it spent 96% 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, Rambert School of Ballet and Contemporary Dance sits at the 98th percentile: it is larger than about 98% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 97th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Tyneside Cinema (£3.5m), Towner (£3.6m) and Whitechapel Gallery (£3.5m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 91%, donations and legacies 4.5%, trading 2.5% and investments 2.2%. Charitable activities took 96% of spending and raising funds 1.7%. Reserves of £2.6m would cover about 9 months of spending at that rate. It employed 46 people.