Parents and Carers in Performing Arts (Pipa)

Analysis

Parents and Carers in Performing Arts (Pipa) is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Sheffield. It was registered in June 2020, 6 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, disability and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides services, provides advocacy/advice/information and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Parents and Carers in Performing Arts (Pipa) reported income of £326k and spending of £320k, spending 98% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £105k to £326k (+211%), an average of +33% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 164%. Over the whole period it spent 95% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Parents and Carers in Performing Arts (Pipa) sits at the 83rd percentile: it is larger than about 83% 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 Swineshead Community Playgroup (£325k), Artbox London (£326k) and Taxi Charity for Military Veterans (£325k).