Centre for Performance Research Limited

Analysis

Centre for Performance Research Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Aberystwyth. It was registered in June 1989, 37 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 02315790). It says it provides services, provides advocacy/advice/information and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Centre for Performance Research Limited reported income of £79k and spending of £83k, spending 105% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £77k to £79k (+1.7%), an average of +0.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 29%. Over the whole period it spent 97% 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, Centre for Performance Research Limited sits at the 76th percentile: it is larger than about 76% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 67th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Shepherd Brass Band (£79k), The Classic Boat Centre Trust (£79k) and Magnificat (£79k).

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.