The Larondina Dance Company is funded by its members through weekly subscriptions.
The dancers' families support by giving their time and covering some of the travel costs.
The company has never applied for public funding.
The workers do not receive a salary.
Spontaneous donations have come in, sometimes after a rousing performance.
Hosts, in the UK and abroad, have often received the dancers with much generosity, perhaps regarding them as having provided a valuable service.