Ballet Black

Analysis

Ballet Black is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in January 2004, 22 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science and amateur sport, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 04573958). It says it provides human resources.

In the financial year ending September 2025, Ballet Black reported income of £1.1m and spending of £1.2m, spending 111% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to September 2025, income grew from £830k to £1.1m (+30%), an average of +6.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2022, when income rose by 24%. 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, Ballet Black sits at the 95th percentile: it is larger than about 95% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 94th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings (£1.1m), Norwich Arts Centre Limited (£1.1m) and Maaike McInnes Charitable Trust (£1.1m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 70%, charitable activities 20% and trading 1.3%. Charitable activities took 94% of spending and raising funds 4.6%. Reserves of £579k would cover about 6 months of spending at that rate. It employed 14 people.

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.