01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC022512
- Status
- Active
- Regulatory type
- Standard
- Designated religious body
- No
- Geographical spread
- More than one local authority area in Scotland
- Volunteers
- 1-50 volunteers
- Staff
- 30
- Postcode
- EH1 2JU
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
Dance Base is Scotland’s National Centre for Dance, a charity on a mission to help dance flourish and change lives in Scotland and beyond. We have been at the centre of the dance community in Scotland since 1993. Over the last three decades we have nurtured Scotland’s dance ecology, supported thousands of professional dancers, provided inclusive opportunities for public and community participation in dance and we have built an international reputation as the home of dance in Scotland. Working with peers, networks, funders and sector support organisations, we play a vital role in the wider arts and cultural sector in Edinburgh and Scotland. We deliver over 70 dance classes a week, provide broad reaching support for dance artists, host performances and international exchanges, community projects and more engaging over 57,000 participants and audience members with our mission.
Charitable purposes
- the advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science
Beneficiaries
- Children or young people
- Older People
- People with disabilities or health problems
- No specific group, or for the benefit of the community
Activities
- It carries out activities or services itself
Constitutional objectives
The Company's objects are: The advancement of public education by the promotion and development of the Arts, and in particular The Arts of Dance in all its forms, music and mime and including without prejudice the foregoing generality, the Arts of drama, opera, cinema, sculpture, painting and other graphic art, poetry and literature.
03 Annual returns
Income and expenditure history
| Year end | Income | Expenditure | Staff | Return received |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 March 2025 | £952,296 | £1,218,901 | 30 | 9 December 2025 |
| 31 March 2024 | £1,003,784 | £1,228,510 | 30 | 16 December 2024 |
| 31 March 2023 | £1,424,117 | £1,788,457 | 30 | 15 December 2023 |
| 31 March 2022 | £1,236,566 | £1,513,245 | 30 | 21 December 2022 |
| 31 March 2021 | £1,111,526 | £1,286,498 | 30 | 16 December 2021 |
Figures are those reported by the charity and supplied in the OSCR bulk download. Blank facts remain distinct from zero.
04 Contact record
Principal office or trustees address
- Address supplied to OSCR
- Dance Base Ltd, 14-16 Grassmarket, Edinburgh
- Website supplied to OSCR
- www.dancebase.co.uk
- Parent charity
- Not supplied
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05 Provenance
Source for this profile
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