Finance Score: 1

Governance Score: 3

Support Score: 16

Low unrestricted reserves: -2
Reasonable growth: +1
Volatile income
spending growth: -1
Fundraising costs low: +3

Good trustee age range: +3

Grant maker support: +16

Overall GiG Score: 20

EAST LONDON DANCE

East London Dance is the leading producer of creative dance experiences for the people of east London and beyond. We produce inspirational projects and events to engage our diverse local communities in dance, and nurture the next generation of artists and professionals.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

There has been reasonable growth in spending over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
Fundraising costs are low relative to funds raised
A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government and there are significant future grants due to be received
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age

Financial issues to consider:

Unrestricted reserves appear to be dangerously low at the latest year end
Income has been volatile recently but spending has been maintained

Established: 28 years

www.eastlondondance.org

office@eastlondondance.org

02082791050

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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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		£814	£940	£-127	£72	£2,131	£166	2.1	19	0
31/03/22	*	£1,492	£792	£701	£66	£2,257	£215	3.3	160	7
31/03/21	*	£1,502	£618	£884	£53	£1,557	£323	6.3	17	5
31/03/20		£804	£555	£249	£56	£672	£162	3.5	17	30
31/03/19		£722	£603	£118	£58	£423	£178	3.5	16	33
31/03/18	*	£601	£561	£40	£45	£305	£152	3.3	17	0
31/03/17		£607	£512	£95	£27	£266	£167	3.9	13	0
31/03/16	*	£459	£470	£-11	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/15		£388	£367	£21	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/14		£388	£438	£-50	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/13		£607	£562	£46	£28	£210	£111	2.4	6	0
31/03/12		£548	£445	£103	£14	£164	£26	0.7	7	0
31/03/11		£535	£673	£-138	£7	£61	£35	0.6	7	0
31/03/10		£696	£608	£88	£7	£199	£117	2.3	5	0
31/03/09		£548	£580	£-32	£5	£111	£55	1.1	5	0
31/03/08		£537	£619	£-82	£6	£143	£64	1.2	5	0
31/03/07	*	£581	£504	£77	£6	£225	£70	1.7	5	0
31/03/06	*	£547	£457	£90	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/05		£473	£488	£-15	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/04		£427	£406	£21	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 9.6%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 7.6%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 5%
Liabilities/Income: 13%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 8%
Reserves/Spending: 2.1 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 5 months
Quick Ratio: 3.4

Asset Split ?

Listed activities

Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science

How it operates

Other charitable activities
Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides services

Where it operates

Barking And Dagenham, City Of London, Hackney, Havering, Newham, Redbridge, Tower Hamlets, Waltham Forest,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Elderly/Old People
Other Defined Groups
People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
People With Disabilities
The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

19 employees

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.

Major supporters in last 5 years

DCMS	£500,851
Prudence Trust	£375,000
Paul Hamlyn Foundation	£221,000
Greater London Authority	£150,000
The Linbury Trust	£135,000
Esmee Fairbairn	£25,000

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
The Linbury Trust - Flat Share programme - East London Dance
£135,000	13/12/2023	A grant over three years towards the Flat Share programme to support diverse and talented up-and-coming dancers and choreographers as well as using dance to engage local people.
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - ELD three-strand support
£221,000	27/11/2023	East London Dance (ELD) work to inspire communities through dance, creating opportunities within dance for those least likely to receive them. This grant provides core funding to enable ELD to ....more East London Dance (ELD) work to inspire communities through dance, creating opportunities within dance for those least likely to receive them. This grant provides core funding to enable ELD to deliver their three main programmes of work – an artist commissioning programme, ‘Our House’; a professional development programme for producers, ‘Producers House’; and ‘Creative Collective’, a paid advisory board formed of creatives aged 18-35 that will inform ELD’s strategic development and artistic programme.
Prudence Trust - Renewal of youth programmes & staff wellbeing
£225,000	28/09/2023	'On The Move' youth dance programme and staff wellbeing
DCMS - Culture Recovery Fund: Continuity Support
£40,008	22/10/2021	To support cultural organisations who have received funding from the Culture Recovery Fund: Grants programme, in the first or second rounds, and can clearly demonstrate the financial need for further ....more To support cultural organisations who have received funding from the Culture Recovery Fund: Grants programme, in the first or second rounds, and can clearly demonstrate the financial need for further funding in order to be able to operate on a viable and sustainable basis by 31 March 2022.
Prudence Trust - Youth dance programmes
£150,000	15/04/2021	Youth programmes (incl. after school programme; holiday projects; performance and events; youth support worker)
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to East London Dance Ltd
£25,000	05/05/2020 6	towards unrestricted core costs as a COVID-19 Fast Response grant
DCMS - National Portfolio Organisation 2018-22
£245,833	01/04/2020	We are the national development agency for creativity and culture. We have set out our strategic vision in Lets Create that by 2030 we want England to be a country in which the creativity of each of ....more We are the national development agency for creativity and culture. We have set out our strategic vision in Lets Create that by 2030 we want England to be a country in which the creativity of each of us is valued and given the chance to flourish and where everyone of us has access to a remarkable range of high quality cultural experiences. We invest public money from Government and The National Lottery to help support the sector and to deliver this vision.
DCMS - East London Dance Recovery
£80,657	01/04/2020	To support Arts and Culture throughout England
DCMS - Cultural Capital Kickstart Fund
£94,033	01/04/2020	To support Arts and Culture throughout England
DCMS - East London Dance Recovery
£40,320	01/04/2020	To support Arts and Culture throughout England
Greater London Authority - East London Dance
£150,000	01/01/2020	Positive activities for young people involved in crime or at risk of crime or exclusion
London Marathon Charitable Trust - 3 Sugar House Lane
£99,000	23/01/2019	Towards Sugar House Lane a new centre for Urban Dance in Dane's Yard in Stratford, East London that includes the purpose built fitting out of 2 new dance studios. The project will provide exciting ....more Towards Sugar House Lane a new centre for Urban Dance in Dane's Yard in Stratford, East London that includes the purpose built fitting out of 2 new dance studios. The project will provide exciting opportunities to engage people in physical activity enabling them to access high quality dance and fitness programmes.
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to East London Dance Ltd
£250,000	15/12/2016 60	Towards expansion of a programme developing creative career pathways for young people, through new partnerships in East London and nationally.
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to East London Dance Ltd
£75,000	09/05/2012	Towards the establishment of a young dance entrepreneurs scheme.

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How is it governed?

Trustees (8)

Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 37-70

FIONNUALA HOGAN Appointed: 2015, Occupation: Consultant

GRAHAM AMBROSE Appointed: 2014, Occupation: Banker

HELEN JANE HACKETT Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Producer And Director, Other trusteeships: JASMIN VARDIMON EDUCATIONAL COMPANY LIMITED, JASMIN VARDIMON COMPANY,

JACQUELINE VERONICA ROSE Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Regional Government Senior Manager

JAIRAJ AMIN Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Partner, Real Estate Private Equity

LAURA JONES Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Dance Artist, Other trusteeship: ENGLISH FOLK DANCE AND SONG SOCIETY,

PAUL WOODMANSEY Appointed: 2014, Occupation: Pr Manager

YEMISI TURNER-BLAKE Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Grants Manager

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 12/03/1996, number: 1053735
Registered at Companies House on 04/03/1996, number: 03167185

Gift Aid

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
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

20 returns made; AR22: 51 days late, AR21: 1 days late, AR18: 1 days late, AR16: 2 days late, AR07: 0 days late, AR06: 7 days late,

Main office

East London Dance
3 Sugar House Lane
LONDON
E15 2QS

Objectives

TO PROMOTE, IMPROVE, DEVELOP AND MAINTAIN PUBLIC EDUCATION IN THE APPRECIATION OF THE ART OF DANCE, IN PARTICULAR BY THE PRESENTATION OF DANCE PRODUCTIONS AND THE PROMOTION OF DANCE WORKSHOPS IN EAST LONDON

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED -- IN PRACTICE LONDON BOROUGHS OF BARKING AND DAGENHAM, HAVERING, REDBRIDGE AND WALTHAM FOREST.

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