Limelight Performers

Analysis

Limelight Performers is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Ipswich. It was registered in November 2020, 6 years ago. Its declared purposes cover 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 provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending April 2025, Limelight Performers reported income of £35k and spending of £28k, leaving 20% of income unspent that year. Across the 4 years on record, from April 2022 to April 2025, income grew from £6,130 to £35k (+470%), an average of +79% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2023, when income rose by 149%. Over the whole period it spent 78% 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, Limelight Performers sits at the 63rd percentile: it is larger than about 62% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 55th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include 2makeit (£35k), Maker with Rame Community Hall (£35k) and Liskeard Young Farmers Club (£35k).