London Contemporary Dance (the Place) Limited

London Contemporary Dance (the Place) Limited scores 85 out of 100 (4 stars — Good) on CharityCompare's Clarity Score, our independent read of its UK regulator filings. Around 93% of its spending goes to charitable activities (3-yr avg) and its accounts are up to date. That reflects how transparent and financially healthy it looks on paper — it does not measure the real-world impact of its work, so treat it as one factor alongside the cause you care about. CharityCompare never tells you where to donate.

The register data used for this profile lists London Contemporary Dance (the Place) Limited as a registered charity (charity number 250216). Verify it on the official register: https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-details/?regId=250216&subId=0. Check the current entry and the identity of anyone requesting money. Registration does not verify a particular appeal; Clarity Score summarises filing transparency, not programme impact.

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London Contemporary Dance (the Place) Limited scores 85 out of 100 on CharityCompare (4 stars — Good). The Clarity Score (method v1.1) sums four pillars from UK regulator filings: Accountability & Transparency (40 pts), Financial Health (30), Financial Efficiency (20), and Community Support (10). Stars use the same bands as those labels — 90+ is 5★ Exceptional. It is not an impact ranking.

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Across the recent disclosed accounts used for this score, 93% of London Contemporary Dance (the Place) Limited's total spending went to charitable activities (3-yr avg across disclosed years). That is the closest official figure to "how much of your donation reaches the cause" — it is an average across all spending in the filing, not a pound-by-pound breakdown of an individual gift.

Across the recent disclosed accounts used for this score, fundraising costs were about 7% of total expenditure and fundraising plus separately reported governance figures amount to about 8% of expenditure (2023–2025, disclosed years); these categories can overlap, so this is not a distinct total of all administration costs at London Contemporary Dance (the Place) Limited. London Contemporary Dance (the Place) Limited's annual return for the year ending 31 July 2025 reports 6 employees paid more than £60,000, including 1 employee paid more than £100,000. The highest reported pay band is £100,001–£110,000 (1 employee). Individual salaries, including the chief executive's, are disclosed in the trustees' annual report rather than on the register.

London Contemporary Dance (the Place) Limited reported £11m total income in its 2025 accounts, based on UK regulator filings. Five-year trend: growing.

Filing status: up to date (last filing 2026-04-24). CharityCompare flags late or missing accounts separately from the financial score.

London Contemporary Dance (the Place) Limited's registered contact address is in London (WC1H 9AT). It tells the regulator it operates in England and Wales, with a focus on arts & culture.

The Charity Commission register does not name individual salaries. London Contemporary Dance (the Place) Limited's annual return for the year ending 31 July 2025 reports 6 employees paid more than £60,000, including 1 employee paid more than £100,000. The highest reported pay band is £100,001–£110,000 (1 employee). Charities normally disclose the chief executive's pay, or the pay of their highest-paid staff, in the remuneration note of the trustees' annual report and accounts.

London Contemporary Dance (the Place) Limited reported £11m total income for the year ending 31 July 2025. The largest sources were charitable activities £9.6m (89%), donations and legacies £703k (7%), trading and fundraising events £358k (3%).

The register records London Contemporary Dance (the Place) Limited as registered with HMRC for Gift Aid, so a UK taxpayer can usually add 25p to every £1 they give by making a Gift Aid declaration.

London Contemporary Dance (the Place) Limited's annual return for the year ending 31 July 2025 reports that one or more trustees received payments or other benefits. Charity law allows this only in limited circumstances; the trustees' annual report should explain it.

The register lists this previous name for London Contemporary Dance (the Place) Limited: Contemporary Dance Trust Limited.

London Contemporary Dance (the Place) Limited was entered on the register on 19 December 1966. It is also a company registered at Companies House (company number 00883094).

We calculate a Clarity Score of 0–100 from four pillars in London Contemporary Dance (the Place) Limited's regulator filings: Accountability & Transparency (40 points — filing history, trustees, policies), Financial Health (30 — reserves, income trend, debt), Financial Efficiency (20 — cause spend and fundraising cost, on a graduated scale) and Community Support (10 — volunteer-to-staff ratio). An open statutory inquiry scores 0. The score measures reporting on paper, not programme impact. CharityCompare is free for donors, takes no commission on donations, and scores cannot be bought.

This profile was last updated on 6 September 2026 from the latest UK regulator data available to CharityCompare, and London Contemporary Dance (the Place) Limited's most recent accounts cover 2025. Scores and figures refresh whenever we re-ingest the register, so the page reflects our latest data pull rather than a one-off review.