Ballet Rambert Limited

Analysis

Ballet Rambert Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in 99 Upper Ground. It was registered in September 1985, 41 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science and other charitable purposes, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 01930699). It says it other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Ballet Rambert Limited reported income of £3.2m and spending of £3.3m, spending 102% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £4.6m to £3.2m (-30%), an average of -8.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income dropped by 24%. Over the whole period it spent 104% 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, Ballet Rambert Limited sits at the 98th percentile: it is larger than about 98% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 97th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Lewes Community Screen (£3.2m), The SVH Foundation (£3.2m) and The Mary Rose Trust (£3.2m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 40% and charitable activities 22%. Charitable activities took 91% of spending and raising funds 7.3%. It employed 50 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.