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Parrabbola

Registered · see notesRegistered charity number 1141969LondonArts, culture, heritage and science
Income£78k2025-06-30
Spending£84ksame year
Spent / received99%5-year average
Size in its cause76th pctArts, culture, heritage and science
Registered2011Charitable company
Employees–latest return

Analysis

Parrabbola is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in May 2011, 15 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 07147678). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending June 2025, Parrabbola reported income of £78k and spending of £84k, spending 108% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2021 to June 2025, income grew from £51k to £78k (+53%), an average of +11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2022, when income rose by 134%. Over the whole period it spent 99% 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, Parrabbola sits at the 76th percentile: it is larger than about 76% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 67th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Hyde Foundation (£78k), Ware Musical Theatre (£78k) and Tertis and Aronowitz International Viola Competitions (£78k).

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.

Income and spending

£0£30k£60k£89k£119k2021 Income: £50,9582021 Spending: £45,15920212022 Income: £119,2642022 Spending: £101,01220222023 Income: £83,7542023 Spending: £85,06720232024 Income: £51,6912024 Spending: £63,57620242025 Income: £78,1912025 Spending: £84,4522025
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Where the income comes from

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In the charity's own words

Parrabbola is a cultural organisation that specialises in community engagement through participatory creative activity. Parrabbola has a small management and artistic team that brings together independent freelance arts and cultural practitioners to work co-operatively on its community play, street festival projects and development programmes in the UK and overseas.

Similar-sized charities, same cause

CharityLocationIncome
The Hyde FoundationHertfordshire£78k
Ware Musical TheatreHertford£78k
Tertis and Aronowitz International Viola CompetitionsBirmingham£78k
The Elephant TrustLondon£78k