Springs Dance Company

What Springs Dance Company does

Springs Dance Company is a UK-registered performing arts charity (Charity No. 1136487) and Company Limited by Guarantee (No. 6371136) founded in 1979. It designs, produces, and tours professional dance productions while delivering educational dance workshops to schools, churches, libraries, and community venues nationwide. The company's portfolio includes five touring productions — Journey of the Magi (an annual Advent tour running 28 years), Parable, JUMP IN!, The Magic Paintbrush, and A Time to Mourn, A Time to Dance — alongside a structured workshop programme covering primary schools, secondary schools, SEN specialist schools, summer intensives, advanced workshops, and online sessions. It self-describes as the UK's leading specialist in cross-curricular Dance and Religious Education in primary schools, and employs 8 people from a registered office in Eye, Suffolk with a main activity hub at St Germain's Church, Birmingham.

The business operates a hybrid revenue model combining earned income (workshop fees ranging £300–£550 per day, performance tickets at £4 adults/£2 children, and a £285 Summer Dance Week course) with charitable income including donations, easyfundraising partnerships, and grants from Arts Council England, The Foyle Foundation, Skinners' Charity Foundation, and the Roger De Haan Charitable Trust. Distribution is entirely in-person and direct: professional dancers/teachers travel to customer sites rather than delivering through digital channels, with bookings taken via phone (07775 628 442) and email. Marketing relies on the company website, Facebook organic content, segmented email mailing lists, word-of-mouth referrals, and direct outreach.

The operating model is sales-led and mission-driven rather than technology-driven. No proprietary software, API, app, or digital platform is offered. The company has no parent, no subsidiaries, no acquisitions, no external equity investment, and no disclosed revenue. Growth signals are modest: introduction of online workshops, recurring annual productions, and the Refresh Summer Dance Week 2026 programme indicate sustained but not scaling operations. Customer concentration is dispersed across many small institutional buyers (individual schools, churches, libraries), with no anchor client disclosed.

Name

Springs Dance Company

Legal name

Springs Dance Company

Website

https://springsdancecompany.org.uk

Company type

Private

Founded year

1979

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Performing Arts Education Services

NAICS

Dance Companies (711120), Fine Arts Schools (61161), Performing Arts Companies (7111)

SIC

Services-Miscellaneous Amusement & Recreation (7990), Services-Amusement & Recreation Services (7900)

akta.pro primary industry

Contemporary & Modern Dance (MPAGADAB)

akta.pro secondary industries

Dance Education (Ballet, Contemporary, Hip-Hop, Cultural Dance) (EDAMAAAH), Youth/Student & Community Dance Recitals (MPAGADAI), Performing Arts Camps (Theater, Musical Theater, Dance) (EDAMALAI), Dance Performances (THAJAFAD)

Keywords

• Contemporary dance performances
• School dance workshops
• Religious education dance
• Community dance programs
• Faith-inspired choreography

Headquarters

HQ city

Eye

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. School Workshops: Fees for delivering dance workshops in primary, secondary, and SEN schools across the UK. Pricing varies by school type and workshop requirements.
2. Performance Tickets: Ticket sales for community performances and dance productions such as Journey of the Magi and Refresh Summer Dance Week events.
3. Summer Dance Week and Workshops: Fees for intensive dance programs including the Refresh Summer Dance Week (£285 full course) and drop-in workshop options.
4. Donations and Fundraising: Charitable donations from supporters, including easyfundraising partner program. The company is a registered charity (No. 1136487) and benefits from gift donations.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Springs Dance Company delivers professional contemporary dance performances and educational dance workshops across the UK. The organization provides cross-curricular Dance and Religious Education workshops for primary, secondary, and special educational needs (SEN) schools, alongside touring productions performed in churches, schools, libraries, and community venues. Founded in 1979, it operates as a registered charity offering both ticketed performances and structured educational programming.

Product overview

Springs Dance Company is a UK-based performing arts charity offering a portfolio of professional dance productions and educational workshop programs. The productions include touring shows such as Journey of the Magi (Christmas production), Parable (interactive school performance), A Time to Mourn, A Time to Dance (double bill), The Magic Paintbrush (children's production), and JUMP IN! (libraries and schools show). The workshop division provides Primary School Workshops, Secondary School Workshops, SEN School Dance workshops, Refresh Summer Dance Week (annual intensive), Advanced Workshop, and Online Workshops. The company tours nationally and internationally, performing and teaching in schools, churches, theatres, and community venues.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Refresh: Summer Dance Week program featuring dance, creativity and community activities for participants aged 16+.
• Jump In!
• Journey of the Magi
• Parable
• The Magic Paintbrush
• A Time to Mourn, A Time to Dance

Products and services

• Journey of the Magi

Quantifiable outcome

• The company benefits thousands of people each year through performances and workshops

Named customers10 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Ten partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• Medway LibrariesminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorPartner in delivering JUMP IN! performances and workshops to library audiences in the Medway area.
• Kent LibrariesminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorPartner in delivering JUMP IN! performances and workshops to library audiences in Kent.
• Suffolk LibrariesminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorPartner in delivering dance performances and workshops to library audiences in Suffolk.
• Norfolk LibrariesminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorPartner in delivering JUMP IN! performances and workshops to library audiences in Norfolk.
• Dance EastminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerRegional dance development organization supporting JUMP IN! project delivery.
• Black Country TouringminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorTouring network partner supporting delivery of performances to venues in the Black Country region.
• Creative Arts EastminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorArts development organization supporting delivery of JUMP IN! performances in East Anglia.
• Artstrust ProductionscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerProducing partner for The Magic Paintbrush production. Artstrust Productions co-produced the show with Springs Dance Company.
• Magic AcornsminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorPartner organization contributing to JUMP IN! project delivery.
• Lowestoft Rising Cultural Education PartnershipsminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorCultural education partnership supporting JUMP IN! delivery in the Lowestoft area.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance: Trinity Laban is a UK conservatoire offering specialist dance training and community participation programmes. Comparable to Springs through its delivery of structured dance education, workshops, and short-course programmes for participants of varying ages.
• English National Ballet: English National Ballet is one of the UK's leading ballet companies with a national learning and participation programme for schools and communities. Comparable to Springs as a UK dance institution combining professional performance with extensive educational outreach.
• Northern Ballet: Northern Ballet is a major UK dance company with a substantial learning programme delivering workshops and educational resources to schools nationwide. It is comparable to Springs as a large-scale dance company engaging schools at scale, though Northern Ballet operates at significantly higher reach.

Emerging players

• Candoco Dance Company: Candoco is a UK-based inclusive dance company working with disabled and non-disabled dancers, running extensive education and outreach programmes. It is comparable to Springs' specialist SEN workshop offering as a niche leader in inclusive dance education.
• StopGap Dance Company: StopGap Dance Company is a UK inclusive dance company integrating disabled and non-disabled performers with an active learning and participation programme. Comparable to Springs through its SEN-specialist workshop delivery and inclusive practice.

Direct peers

• Rambert: Rambert is the UK's leading contemporary dance company with an active national and international touring programme and significant education/outreach work. It is the most direct UK analogue to Springs as a contemporary dance ensemble staging original work for public audiences.
• Jasmin Vardimon Company: Jasmin Vardimon Company is a UK contemporary dance company creating original productions with strong education and community engagement programmes. The parallel artistic-and-educational dual focus makes it closely comparable to Springs' touring-and-workshop model.

Others

• Stagecoach Performing Arts: Stagecoach is a UK-wide performing arts education provider delivering weekly workshops in dance, drama and singing to school-age children through a franchise model. Comparable to Springs as a competing provider of dance workshops to UK schools, though focused on recurring weekly classes rather than one-off curriculum workshops.
• Riding Lights Theatre Company: Riding Lights is a UK touring theatre company producing original work with an explicit Christian perspective and touring to churches, schools and community venues. Comparable to Springs as a faith-rooted UK touring performance company delivering work to churches and schools nationwide.

Regional players

• Birmingham Royal Ballet: Birmingham Royal Ballet is a major regional ballet company based in Birmingham with a strong learning and education programme. Comparable to Springs as another Birmingham-based dance organisation running schools workshops and community engagement, though at a different scale.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/1489837729809923
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/springs-dance-company

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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