Dance North

Analysis

Dance North is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Tyne and Wear. It was registered in April 1990, 36 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 02490618). It says it provides advocacy/advice/information and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Dance North reported income of £1.9m and spending of £2.1m, spending 109% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £1.9m to £1.9m (+2.5%), an average of +0.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 19%. Over the whole period it spent 102% 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, Dance North sits at the 97th percentile: it is larger than about 97% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 96th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The International Youth Foundation (£1.9m), The Hampstead Garden Suburb Trust Limited (£1.9m) and Artswork Limited (£1.9m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 48%, donations and legacies 40% and trading 11%. Charitable activities took 97% of spending and raising funds 1.8%. Reserves of £154k would cover about 1 months of spending at that rate. It employed 80 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.