One Dance UK

Analysis

One Dance UK is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Birmingham. It was registered in November 1994, 32 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, 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 02931636). It says it provides services, provides advocacy/advice/information and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending March 2025, One Dance UK reported income of £853k and spending of £953k, spending 112% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £1.1m to £853k (-22%), an average of -5.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income dropped by 23%. Over the whole period it spent 101% 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, One Dance UK sits at the 94th percentile: it is larger than about 94% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 93rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Swansea YMCA (£851k), Orchestras for All (£853k) and Landmark Arts Centre (£851k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 99%. Charitable activities took 98% of spending and raising funds 1.5%. Grants to other organisations totalled £4,837. Reserves of £300k would cover about 4 months of spending at that rate. It employed 16 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.