Finance Score: -4
Governance Score: 7
Support Score: 3
  • Liabilities <10%: +3
  • Excess reserves: -2
  • Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
  • No volunteer policy: -2
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +3
Overall GiG Score: 6 ?

IMPERIAL SOCIETY OF TEACHERS OF DANCING 

The major activities are the offering of dance examinations and qualifications for learners of all ages and abilities throughout the world, the administration of examination sessions, monitoring of all examination processes to ensure standards are consistent and to maintain and develop the standards of teaching through the appropriate courses and other training opportunities.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from a grant maker
  • This charity has a robust balance sheet
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Although this charity works with volunteers it does not have a Volunteer Management policy
  • One or more trustees receive payments or benefits from the charity for providing services to the charity

Financial issues to consider:

  • This charity has substantial assets and unrestricted reserves of £13,679,000 available, equivalent to 26 months of spending and so may not be able to utilise additional funding
  • 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

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
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/03/23£4,876£6,281£-1,405£0£13,679£13,67926.16120
31/03/22£4,841£5,278£-437£0£15,217£15,21734.66020
31/03/21?£3,313£7,050£-3,737£0£15,456£15,45626.3600
31/12/19£6,997£8,049£-1,052£0£19,193£19,19128.667100
31/12/18£6,995£7,695£-700£0£20,000£20,00031.2620
31/12/17£7,308£6,610£698£0£20,646£20,64637.5700
31/12/16£6,728£6,211£517£0£19,777£19,77738.2620
31/12/15*£6,550£5,783£768£11£19,074£19,07439.6580
31/12/14£6,298£5,380£919£9£7,773£7,77317.3540
31/12/13£5,940£5,111£829£11£6,854£6,85416.1540
31/12/12£6,031£5,262£769£58£6,025£6,02513.7540
31/12/11£5,739£5,706£33£40£5,219£5,21911510
31/12/10£5,611£6,073£-461£51£5,241£5,22310.300
31/12/09£5,712£5,519£193£69£5,469£5,39211.7480
31/12/08£5,302£5,244£58£66£5,313£5,23512470
31/12/07£5,245£5,244£1£124£5,147£5,06511.6460
31/12/06*£5,291£5,052£239£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/05£4,940£4,770£170£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/04*£4,828£4,904£-77£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 8%
Highest pay band: £110,000-£120,000
Liabilities/Assets: 8%
Liabilities/Income: 26%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 100%
Reserves/Spending: 26.1 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 2 months
Quick Ratio: 1.4
Asset Split ?
Established: 55 years
(79 years as a company)

www.istd.org

gbrown@istd.org

0207 377 1577

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Amateur Sport
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Education/Training
GiG Classification
  • Performing and visual arts
How it operates
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • City Of London,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • 61 employees
  • 20 volunteers

Who's supporting them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

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

Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
DCMS - ISTD
£426,447 01/04/2020
To support Arts and Culture throughout England

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (12)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 11/12 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 36-70
  • CHRISTINA FOTINAKI Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Dance Teacher, Choreographer, Examiner, Tutor
  • JULIET JOYCE DIENER Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Ceo Of Icandance / Dance Movement Psychotherapist
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 06/01/1969, number: 250397
  • Registered at Companies House on 05/02/1945, number: 00392978
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment 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
  • 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
Filing Record
19 returns made; AR15: 19 days late, AR06: 14 days late, AR04: 25 days late,
Main office

22-26 Paul Street
LONDON
EC2A 4QE

Objectives

TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC IN THE ART OF DANCING IN ALL ITS FORMS.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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