British Ballet Organization Limited

Analysis

British Ballet Organization Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in February 1978, 48 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 01402656). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, British Ballet Organization Limited reported income of £1.1m and spending of £1.2m, spending 106% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £998k to £1.1m (+13%), an average of +3.2% a year. Over the whole period it spent 113% 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, British Ballet Organization Limited sits at the 95th percentile: it is larger than about 95% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 94th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Army Flying Museum Limited (£1.1m), Orchestras Live (£1.1m) and Cathedrals' Workshop Fellowship (£1.1m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 75% and trading 24%. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 0.6%. Reserves of £272k would cover about 3 months of spending at that rate. It employed 10 people.

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.