Dancers' Career Development

Analysis

Dancers' Career Development is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in August 2016, 10 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 10137622). It says it makes grants to individuals, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Dancers' Career Development reported income of £708k and spending of £667k, spending 94% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £617k to £708k (+15%), an average of +3.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 54%. Over the whole period it spent 108% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Dancers' Career Development sits at the 90th percentile: it is larger than about 90% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 92nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Cross Trust (£707k), The Upper Room (St Saviour's) (£708k) and Launch It Trust (£707k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 83% and donations and legacies 17%. Charitable activities took 83% of spending and raising funds 16%. Reserves of £272k would cover about 5 months of spending at that rate. It employed 5 people.