# PARAISO SCHOOL OF SAMBA

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1113593
- **Other names:** GRES PARAISO
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Registered:** April 5, 2006
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=maximized&p_p_mode=view&_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1113593


## Contact

- **Address:** 3 St Mary's Road, LUTON
- **Postcode:** LU1 3JA
- **Phone:** 01582 377377
- **Email:** info@paraisosamba.co.uk
- **Website:** www.paraisosamba.co.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** TO ADVANCE EDUCATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT THROUGH THE PROMOTION OF THE ARTS WITH PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVE REFERENCE TO SAMBA CULTURE, MUSIC, DANCE AND CARNIVAL ARTS IN THE TRADITION OF RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL

**Activities:** Paraiso School of Samba is led by artists who grew up immersed in the Rio de Janeiro samba carnival culture and provides open-access classes and workshops in authentic samba music and dance, performs at festivals and events and parades at major UK and overseas carnivals.

**Area of benefit:** NOT DEFINED. IN PRACTICE WORLDWIDE




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Human Resources, Provides Services
- **What:** Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science
- **Who:** The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Throughout England And Wales



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 31, 2025 | £178404 | £162084 | — | — |
| March 31, 2024 | £148407 | £141867 | — | — |
| March 31, 2023 | £102360 | £120195 | — | — |
| March 31, 2022 | £80704 | £90088 | — | — |
| March 31, 2021 | £68636 | £74879 | — | — |



## Trustees

- Alexandre de Sousa Silva — appointed July 11, 2023
- Junior Black — appointed Jan. 28, 2017
- Loredana Afric — appointed Oct. 1, 2024
- Philip Dennis Willmott — appointed Dec. 7, 2023