Finance Score: 7

Governance Score: 3

Support Score: 6

Liabilities <10%: +3
Reasonable growth: +1
Fundraising costs low: +3

Good trustee age range: +3

Grant maker support: +6

Overall GiG Score: 16

BALLET BLACK

Ballet Black is an organisation dedicated to highlighting the talents of black and asian dancers in the field of classical ballet through performance, teaching and educational programmes.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has a robust balance sheet
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
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

One or more trustees receive payments or benefits from the charity for providing services to the charity

Financial issues to consider:

There has been a change of accounting period recently, so trends may be hard to determine

Established: 20 years

www.balletblack.co.uk

admin@balletblack.co.uk

02077241616

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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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
30/09/22?		£1,026	£888	£138	£72	£899	£848	11.5	1	0
31/08/21		£830	£593	£237	£47	£761	£677	13.7	0	0
31/08/20		£648	£424	£224	£31	£524	£524	14.8	0	0
31/08/19		£628	£516	£113	£48	£300	£300	7	0	0
31/08/18?		£521	£473	£47	£37	£188	£188	4.8	0	7
31/10/17		£484	£435	£49	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/10/16		£345	£279	£66	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/10/15		£430	£430	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/10/14		£394	£401	£-7	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/10/13	*	£247	£346	£-99	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/10/12		£335	£294	£41	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/10/11		£365	£285	£80	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/10/10		£221	£232	£-11	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/10/09		£202	£183	£19	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/10/08		£77	£87	£-10	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/10/07	*	£67	£54	£13	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/10/06	*	£14	£16	£-2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/10/05	*	£6	£6	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/10/04		£17	£17	£-1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 7.1%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 8.1%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 6%
Liabilities/Income: 6%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 94%
Reserves/Spending: 11.5 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 11 months
Quick Ratio: 14.9

Asset Split ?

Listed activities

Amateur Sport
Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
Economic/Community Development/Employment
Education/Training
General Charitable Purposes

How it operates

Provides human resources

Where it operates

Throughout England And Wales,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

1 employee

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

Garfield Weston Foundation	£156,284
DCMS	£123,115
The Foyle Foundation	£21,000

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (2 Years) award
£25,000	23/04/2021	Ballet Black: Reaching new Audiences
The Foyle Foundation - Arts
£21,000	11/02/2021	towards extending the hours of a part-time Media Producer to increase and engage diverse arts audiences in the UK (awarded grant in response to coronavirus)
Garfield Weston Foundation - WCF award - COVID19 response
£106,284	05/02/2021	Weston Culture Fund
Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (2 Years) award
£25,000	01/05/2020	Ballet Black: Reaching new Audiences
DCMS - Returning to Touring 2021
£123,115	01/04/2020	To support Arts and Culture throughout England
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£20,000	25/01/2019	Core Funding - to develop infrastructure.
The Leathersellers' Company Charitable Fund - Grant to Ballet Black
£40,000	05/10/2018 48	Main Grant unrestricted core costs
Andrew Lloyd Webber Foundation - Grant to Ballet Black
£10,100	27/03/2018 12	Ballet Black Junior School
John Ellerman Foundation - Continuation funding
£20,160	30/11/2017 12	Continuation funding
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Ballet Black
£8,000	15/12/2016	Vehicle for a professional ballet company in London for dancers from BAME backgrounds

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How is it governed?

Trustees (10)

Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 41-68

AKINTUNDE BANJOKO OBE Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Chief Executive Officer, Other trusteeship: LANRE JOHNSON CHARITY,

ALTHEA EFUNSHILE CBE Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Trustee

ANDREW HOCHHAUSER Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Barrister At Law, Queens Counsel

ANNA PRAG Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Fundraiser, Other trusteeship: FEAST WITH US,

CASSA PANCHO MBE Appointed: 2002, Occupation: Ballet Director

CHRISTOPHER HAMPSON Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Artistic Director, Other trusteeship: CENTRAL SCHOOL OF BALLET CHARITABLE TRUST LIMITED,

LOUISE SMALL Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Public Sector Manager

PATRICIA KEIKO HAMZAHEE Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Consultant, Other trusteeships: PIONEER THEATRES LIMITED, FRIENDS OF INTERNATIONAL HOUSE NEW YORK CITY TRUST, NFL FOUNDATION UK,

SANDRA EUSTENE MEADOWS Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Business Consultant

TONYE VIANANA Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Accountant

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 19/01/2004, number: 1101599
Registered at Companies House on 25/10/2002, number: 04573958

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Conflicting interests
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries

Filing Record

19 returns made; AR13: 113 days late, AR07: 145 days late, AR06: 577 days late, AR05: 40 days late,

Main office

12 Rossmore Road
Marylebone
London
NW1 6NX

Objectives

BALLET BLACK EXISTS TO PROMOTE, IMPROVE AND ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE ART OF CLASSICAL BALLET BY THE PROMOTION OF A BALLET COMPANY AND BALLET SCHOOL, PARTICULARLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY ENCOURAGING THOSE FROM THE ETHNIC MINORITIES TO PARTICIPATE IN AND APPRECIATE THE ART OF BALLET.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED.

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