The Dance Scholarship Trust

Analysis

The Dance Scholarship Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in November 1989, 37 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. It says it makes grants to organisations, provides advocacy/advice/information and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending February 2025, The Dance Scholarship Trust reported income of £48k and spending of £29k, leaving 39% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from February 2021 to February 2025, income grew from £27k to £48k (+80%), an average of +16% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to February 2025, when income rose by 41%. Over the whole period it spent 77% 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 Dance Scholarship Trust sits at the 68th percentile: it is larger than about 68% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 60th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Marching & Performing Arts United Kingdom (£48k), Dorset Race Equality Council (£48k) and The Hermitage Foundation UK (£48k).