London Children's Ballet

Analysis

London Children's Ballet is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in March 2016, 10 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it makes grants to individuals and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending July 2025, London Children's Ballet reported income of £504k and spending of £586k, spending 116% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from July 2021 to July 2025, income grew from £117k to £504k (+333%), an average of +44% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to July 2022, when income rose by 180%. Over the whole period it spent 104% 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, London Children's Ballet sits at the 92nd percentile: it is larger than about 92% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 90th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Bethlem Art and History Collections Trust (£504k), Encore Enterprises CIO (£504k) and The Wardrobe Theatre (£503k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 44%, donations and legacies 28% and trading 28%. Charitable activities took 93% of spending and raising funds 6.8%. Reserves of £26k would cover about 1 months of spending at that rate. It employed 5 people.