Darran Las Community Building

Analysis

Darran Las Community Building is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Rhondda Cynon Taff. It was registered in April 2008, 18 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 06442559). It says it makes grants to organisations, provides other finance and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Darran Las Community Building reported income of £178k and spending of £168k, spending 95% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £26k to £178k (+580%), an average of +62% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 262%. Over the whole period it spent 86% 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, Darran Las Community Building sits at the 84th percentile: it is larger than about 84% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 79th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Chats Palace Limited (£178k), The Conquest Theatre Trust Limited (£178k) and Ensemble Reza (£178k).