Dialogue Society

Analysis

Dialogue Society is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in November 2006, 20 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 05385343). It says it makes grants to individuals, provides human resources and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Dialogue Society reported income of £325k and spending of £321k, spending 99% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £448k to £325k (-27%), an average of -7.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income dropped by 16%. 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, Dialogue Society sits at the 89th percentile: it is larger than about 89% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 86th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include East Anglian Railway Museum (£325k), The Hutts Foundation (£325k) and Sandtoft Transport Centre Limited (£325k).