Exeter Dance Festival

Analysis

Exeter Dance Festival is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Crediton. It was registered in July 2006, 20 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science and recreation, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending April 2025, Exeter Dance Festival reported income of £27k and spending of £32k, spending 119% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £9 to £27k (+303956%), an average of +643% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2022, when income rose by 195522%. Over the whole period it spent 106% 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, Exeter Dance Festival sits at the 57th percentile: it is larger than about 57% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 51st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Three Towns (£27k), Swanage Musical Theatre Company (£27k) and Canterbury Music Club (£27k).