Pavilion Dance South West Limited

Analysis

Pavilion Dance South West Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Dorset. It was registered in October 2005, 21 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 03231304). It says it provides human resources, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Pavilion Dance South West Limited reported income of £1.1m and spending of £1.1m, spending 95% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £1.2m to £1.1m (-2.9%), an average of -0.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income dropped by 17%. Over the whole period it spent 100% 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, Pavilion Dance South West Limited 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 Orchestras Live (£1.1m), Bernie Grant Centre Partnership (£1.1m) and British Ballet Organization Limited (£1.1m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 71%, donations and legacies 19% and trading 9.5%. Charitable activities took 88% of spending and raising funds 11%. Reserves of £344k would cover about 4 months of spending at that rate. It employed 18 people.