Finance Score: 0

Governance Score: 3

Support Score: 0

No PartB

No volunteer policy: -2
Good trustee age range: +3
Dynamic board: +3
Mainly female board: -1

No supporters identified

Overall GiG Score: 3

DANCE BLAST

Dance Blast delivers a wide range of community dance & aerial circus activities at its base, The Dance Centre Abergavenny and throughout Monmouthshire. This includes a programme of weekly classes for all ages & abilities, 3 performance companies: MYDC (youth dance), MYCC (youth aerial) and MCDC (adult Inclusive dance), special projects, summer schools and projects in local schools and care homes

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

Spending has increased over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
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 dynamic in terms of composition
This charity is based in an area of high deprivation

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

Although this charity works with volunteers it does not have a Volunteer Management policy
The Board is predominantly female

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data

Established: 15 years
(21 years as a company)

www.danceblast.org

danceblast1998@gmail.com

01873 854811

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?

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		£142	£132	£9	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	13
31/03/22		£120	£114	£6	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	13
31/03/21		£97	£70	£28	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	13
31/03/20		£109	£132	£-23	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0
31/03/19		£85	£87	£-2	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0
31/03/18	*	£106	£102	£4	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/17		£125	£108	£16	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/16		£104	£123	£-18	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/15	*	£100	£104	£-4	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/14	*	£110	£117	£-6	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/13	*	£124	£114	£10	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/12		£121	£117	£4	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/11		£108	£94	£14	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/10		£73	£69	£4	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Listed activities

Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
Disability
Education/Training
Recreation

How it operates

Provides services

Where it operates

Monmouthshire,

This charity is based in an area of high deprivation

Who it helps

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

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
13 volunteers

Who's supporting them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Trustees (7)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Based on 6/7 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 33-78

CAROL ANN BROWN (Chair) Appointed: 2010, Occupation: Manager

DAVID SOUTHALL WHITING Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Retired

MICHELE DOWN Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Executive Coach And Facilitator

ROSIE MELLORS Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Community Management

SUE WESTON Appointed: 2010, Occupation: Initiator,Relaxing The Mind Tai-Chi

SUSAN CASWELL Appointed: 2008, Occupation: Personnel Officer

SUE ULRICH Appointed: 2023

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 18/03/2009, number: 1128643
Registered at Companies House on 20/11/2002, number: 04596198

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
Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Investing charity funds policy and procedures
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

Filing Record

14 returns made; AR18: 1 days late, AR15: 25 days late, AR14: 38 days late, AR13: 5 days late,

Main office

THE DANCE CENTRE
PEN Y POUND
ABERGAVENNY
NP7 5UD

Objectives

3.1 TO ADVANCE EDUCATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY THE PROMOTIONAND TEACHING OF THE ARTS, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY THE ART OFDANCE.3.2 TO PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTSOF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION OFINDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIRYOUTH, AGE OR ECONOMIC OR SOCIAL CIRCUMSTANCES OR FOR THE PUBLIC ATLARGE WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE.

Defined Area of Benefit:

UNDEFINED, IN PRACTICE, LOCAL

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