The Rio Centre (Dalston) Limited

Analysis

The Rio Centre (Dalston) Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in March 1979, 47 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 01409066). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Rio Centre (Dalston) Limited reported income of £1.0m and spending of £1.2m, spending 112% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £554k to £1.0m (+87%), an average of +17% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 86%. Over the whole period it spent 106% 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, The Rio Centre (Dalston) 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 The Gordon Robinson Memorial Trust (£1.0m), Jermyn Street Theatre (£1.0m) and The Questors Limited (£1.0m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 91% and donations and legacies 5.1%. Charitable activities took 70% of spending and raising funds 29%. It employed 30 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.