Finance Score: -5
Governance Score: 9
Support Score: 8
  • Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
  • No PartB
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +8
Overall GiG Score: 12 ?

PARA DANCE UK

The provision of Inclusive Dance and Para Dance Sport by means of workshops, demonstrations, competitions and training.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

  • There has been a change of accounting period recently, so trends may be hard to determine
  • Income has been volatile and on several occasions in recent years less than spending
  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
N.B. data has been adjusted to reflect year end change
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit £k
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
26/10/23?£89£191£-102n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/07/22*£92£264£-173n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/07/21£246£178£68n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/07/20£277£108£170n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/07/19£144£148£-5n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/07/18*£142£128£14n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/07/17£171£149£22n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/07/16£110£112£-2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/07/15£101£85£17n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/07/14£64£71£-6n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/07/13£53£61£-8n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/07/12*£68£26£42n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/07/11£3£3£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/07/10?*£8£8£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
04/09/09?£8£7£1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/07/07£11£8£3n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 18 years

www.paradance.org.uk

info@paradance.org.uk

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Amateur Sport
  • Disability
  • Education/Training
GiG Classification
  • Performing and visual arts
How it operates
  • Acts as an umbrella or resource body
  • Other charitable activities
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Ireland, Isle Of Man, Northern Ireland, Scotland, Throughout England And Wales,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind

Who supports them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Major supporters in last 5 years
National Lottery Community Fund£88,000
Sport England£81,535
DCMS£55,000
City Bridge Trust£35,450
Hertfordshire Community Foundation£34,570
Postcode Places Trust£20,000
The Foyle Foundation£15,000
Ministry of Defence£10,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Postcode Places Trust - Project Funding
£20,000 01/05/2023
Training of 12 inclusive dance instructors to bring the joy and benefits of dance to disabled individuals in Hertfordshire.
The Leathersellers' Company Charitable Fund - Grant to Para Dance UK Limited
£3,000 11/11/2022
Small Grant Unrestricted Core Costs
National Lottery Community Fund - Community Move
£10,000 24/09/2021
The funding will be used to bring the community together to help them understand what barriers that are in place for disabled people when accessing dance and movement sessions. The group will deliver training to dance and movement groups as well as ....more
Sport England - TGC CF Dance is For All
£10,000 18/05/2021
12
This project will provide disabled women with access to dance and dancesport activity to help their physical and mental wellbeing.
Sport England - Everyone Can Dance
£40,000 21/04/2021
12
Funding under Sport England's Disability Investment funding programme for a Revenue project titled Everyone Can Dance. This project is a Movement & Dance project, with a focus on beneficiaries with a disability.
Hertfordshire Community Foundation - Grant to Para Dance
£25,000 29/03/2021
Grant to Para Dance
True Colours Trust - Towards online dance for disabled children & youth – COVID19 response
£5,000 14/10/2020
Towards online dance for disabled children & youth – COVID19 response
The Foyle Foundation - Arts
£15,000 30/09/2020
towards core costs over 12 months (awarded grant in response to coronavirus)
Ministry of Defence - Covenant Fund
£10,000 14/08/2020
Small grants of up to £10,000 towards creative and engaging projects, that can be delivered under social restrictions, for people from Armed Forces communities who are isolated as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Bedfordshire and Luton Community Foundation - Grant to Para Dance UK
£10,000 06/07/2020
9
Accessible Dance for Beds
Sport England - COVID-19 Sector Partner Fund
£31,535 26/06/2020
5
Funding under Sport England's COVID-19 Sector Partner Fund funding programme for a Revenue project titled COVID-19 Sector Partner Fund. This project is a Movement & Dance project, with a focus on beneficiaries with a disability.
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Para Dance UK
£5,000 17/06/2020
6
COVID19 - This grant will fund staffing costs to support disabled children and young people who are isolated at home due to Covid-19, and help them improve their emotional wellbeing.
National Lottery Community Fund - Everyone Can Dance
£68,000 04/06/2020
6
Para Dance supports those with multiple disabilities who have a range of complex physical and communication needs through inclusive dance. The project will use funding to offer online dance and movement sessions online dance training and to support ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Covid - 19 - Dance for wales
£10,000 27/05/2020
18
Para Dance UK will use a £10000 grant to provide online dance sessions for individuals with disabilities from across South Wales to help maintain their physical and mental well-being while self-isolating due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Bydd Para ....more
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Para Dance UK
£35,450 19/05/2020
A grant of £35,450 to fund the essential and urgent costs outlined in the appliciation, so that the organisation can carry on providing support to Londoners.
DCMS - Inclusive Dance
£55,000 01/04/2020
To support Arts and Culture throughout England
Hertfordshire Community Foundation - Inclusive adult dance sessions and Instructor bursaries
£9,570 11/03/2020
Grant to Para Dance
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Para Dance UK
£4,852 15/11/2019
We want to run a festival and competition to give local people with disabilities the chance to prove their dancing skills.
National Lottery Community Fund - Keep Dancing
£10,000 16/10/2019
12
Keep Dancing
Sport England - Dance sport for all
£10,000 30/09/2019
22
Funding under Sport England's Small Grants funding programme for a Revenue project titled Dance sport for all . This project is a Movement & Dance project, with a focus on beneficiaries with a disability.
National Lottery Community Fund - TPP3 - Dance 4 All
£5,000 03/07/2018
11
The group will use the funding to pay for training costs, improving the capacity of local volunteers to deliver dance sessions. This will increase the availability of qualified instructors and opportunities for people wishing to get involved in para ....more
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Para Dance UK
£28,887 13/03/2018
36
Wheelchair dance sessions for disabled 5-18 year olds from East Hertfordshire. The sessions will allow children and young people to develop positive relationships, have fun and improve their physical health.
National Lottery Community Fund - We Care
£10,000 28/02/2018
12
The project will offer carers the opportunity to train as volunteer tutors in wheelchair dance, building relationships with other carers and gaining the skills, qualifications and expertise to teach wheelchair dance.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Wheelchair Dance Sport Association - Dance 4All
£3,800 29/11/2017
We are seeking support to run inclusive dance taster sessions and wheelchair dance instructors training courses.
Bedfordshire and Luton Community Foundation - Beds Herts on Wheels
£10,000 25/04/2017
3
Grant to Wheelchair Dance Sport Association
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Para Dance UK
£135,000 21/12/2016
36
Towards the salary costs of a new Regional Community Officer, with a contribution to the salary of the National Grass Roots manager and to administrative costs.
Sport England - Wheelie Growth
£9,990 10/01/2015
Funding under Sport England's Small Grants funding programme for a Revenue project titled 'Wheelie Growth'. This project is a Movement & Dance project, with a focus on beneficiaries with a disability.
Sport England - Wheels and Minds
£9,954 12/06/2013
Funding under Sport England's Small Grants funding programme for a Revenue project titled 'Wheels and Minds'. This project is a Movement & Dance project, with a focus on younger beneficiaries.
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Para Dance UK
£90,000 02/05/2013
Towards the salary of a national training manager, to support the development of new wheelchair dance groups across the UK and raise the profile of wheelchair dance.
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to The Wheelchair Dance Sport Association (UK)
£6,000 27/01/2012
travel and volunteer expenses, administration costs and venue hire
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (11)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 43-78
  • ANN ROGERS Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Retired
  • ANN HARRISON Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Retired Engineering Manager
  • CHRISTOPHER CLOKE Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Retired
  • JOHN HOWSON Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Director
  • JASON JOHN (Chair) Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Management Consultant
  • JOY DOBBS Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Statistician
  • KARL WILDING Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Director
  • ROBERTA BEATON Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Strategic Performance Manager
  • ROSS GEMMELL Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Accountant
  • SARAH YEXLEY Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Retired
  • SUE PEARLMAN Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Consultant
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 24/11/2006, number: 1116988
  • Registered at Companies House on 13/07/2006, number: 05875014
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
16 returns made; AR22: 35 days late, AR18: 46 days late, AR12: 48 days late, AR10: 78 days late,
Main office

Communities 1St
Ver House
Park Industrial Estate
Frogmore
ST. ALBANS
Hertford

Objectives

.THE OBJECTS OF THE WDSA (UK) IS THE RELIEF OF DISABLED PEOPLE BY THE PROVISION OF RECREATIONAL AND SPORTING FACILITIES IN THE FORM OF INCLUSIVE DANCE, PARA DANCE SPORT AND WHEELCHAIR DANCE SPORT IN ALL ITS FORM.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED. IN PRACTICE, NATIONAL

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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