BALLET RAMBERT LIMITED

Registered charity 326926 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as RAMBERT DANCE COMPANY

Promote, maintain, improve and advance education particularly by the encouragement of the arts, especialy the art of ballet in contemporary, classical and other dance forms.

Causes: Education/training · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Other Charitable Purposes · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£3.2m
Latest spending
£3.3m
Registered
1985
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves are in deficit by £408,675, with total free reserves showing a deficit of £785k supported by the parent charity. The trustees report that the organization is operating with cashflow pressures and has utilized bank overdrafts and loans, but forecasts show a return to surplus in the coming years to rebuild reserves.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: £110,001 - £120,000 — in the top quarter for charities its size (median £70k)
“In the band £110,001 - £120,000 1” — page 39
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: £750,000 (held: £-409k)
“ideally the group should have access to reserves of at least £750,000. However, to begin to rebuild reserves after the pandemic, Rambert is first focusing on building up a reserves balance of £250,000 in the next few years before reaching its longer-term ambition of £750,000.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Trading subsidiary: Rambert Productions Limited
“Ballet Rambert Limited, which wholly owns Rambert Productions Limited, is deemed to be a subsidiary of Rambert Trust Limited.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Nyman Libson Paul LLP. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Total income
£896k
Total spending
£3.3m
Cost of raising funds
£244k
Reserves (reported)
£0
Employees
50

Reported reserves equal ~0.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (40% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 27.2% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£3.2m£3.3m
31/03/2024£3.6m£4.0m
31/03/2023£3.2m£3.8m
31/03/2022£4.2m£4.7m
31/03/2021£4.6m£3.8m

Common questions

Is BALLET RAMBERT LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves are in deficit by £408,675, with total free reserves showing a deficit of £785k supported by the parent charity. The trustees report that the organization is operating with cashflow pressures and has utilized bank overdrafts and loans, but forecasts show a return to surplus in the coming years to rebuild reserves. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Nyman Libson Paul LLP.

What does the highest-paid employee of BALLET RAMBERT LIMITED earn?

Per its FY2025 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the £110,001 - £120,000 band.

Who funds BALLET RAMBERT LIMITED?

Funders whose own accounts filings name BALLET RAMBERT LIMITED as a grant recipient include THE LINBURY TRUST, THE TAYLOR FAMILY FOUNDATION, THE BRITFORD BRIDGE TRUST, THE IDLEWILD TRUST, THE HAROLD HYAM WINGATE FOUNDATION.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE LINBURY TRUSTFY2022£100kSupporting the Company to develop and embed greater digital delivery in their ballet productions in 2021 and 2022.
THE TAYLOR FAMILY FOUNDATIONFY2023£40k
THE TAYLOR FAMILY FOUNDATIONFY2022£20k
THE BRITFORD BRIDGE TRUSTFY2022£20kPrimary - The advancement of the arts, culture, heritage or science
THE BRITFORD BRIDGE TRUSTFY2023£10kPrimary
THE IDLEWILD TRUSTFY2022£5k
THE HAROLD HYAM WINGATE FOUNDATIONFY2022£5k
THE CHARLOTTE BONHAM-CARTER CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£5k
THE CHARLOTTE BONHAM-CARTER CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£3k

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Heritage Fund15/04/2026£229k"‘This is Rambert: FUTURE100’"
UK government20/10/2022£2.2mNational Portfolio Organisations
UK government20/10/2022£2.2mNational Portfolio Organisations
City Bridge Foundation27/07/2017£750Grant to Ballet Rambert Ltd
The National Lottery Heritage Fund24/03/2015£365k"Rambert at 90"
City Bridge Foundation25/09/2014£124kGrant to Ballet Rambert Ltd
City Bridge Foundation17/03/2011£50kGrant to Ballet Rambert Ltd
The National Lottery Heritage Fund25/11/2010£378k"Rambert Moves Dance: Unlocking the Passion"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund13/08/2007£13k"Rambert Dance Company Archive"

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with RAMBERT TRUST LIMITED.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
BALLET RAMBERT LIMITED£3.2m£110,001 - £120,000—unclear—no doubt
RAMBERT TRUST LIMITED FY2025£5.1m——unclear—no doubt
RAMBERT SCHOOL OF BALLET AND CONTEMPORARY DANCE TRUST FY2025£330k—0unclear—no doubt
BRITISH BALLET ORGANIZATION LIMITED FY2024£1.1mabove £60,0001below—no doubt
RAMBERT SCHOOL OF BALLET AND CONTEMPORARY DANCE FY2025£3.5m——within—no doubt
BIRMINGHAM ROYAL BALLET FY2025£17.6m——unclear—no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.