Finance Score: -6

Governance Score: -2

Support Score: 6

Spending declining: -1
Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
No PartB

Only 3 Trustees: -2
Good trustee age range: +3
All female board: -3

Grant maker support: +6

Overall GiG Score: -2

LUDUS DANCE

To encourage and advance the appreciation of the art of dance and its associated art forms by the public particularly by providing opportunities for people to create, watch and take part in dance predominantly but not exclusively in the North West of England.

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Positives:

A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

There are only 3 trustees
The Board is completely 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
Spending is declining
Income has been volatile and on several occasions in recent years less than spending

Established: 13 years

www.ludusdance.org

info@ludusdance.org

0152435936

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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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	£179	£159	£19	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	10
31/03/22	£164	£212	£-48	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	10
31/03/21	£203	£190	£13	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	3
31/03/20	£275	£250	£24	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	27
31/03/19	£233	£260	£-27	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	27
31/03/18	£230	£231	£-1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/17	£247	£233	£14	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/16	£240	£289	£-48	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/15	£276	£256	£20	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/14	£239	£283	£-44	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/13	£293	£251	£42	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/12	£277	£91	£187	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Listed activities

Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science

How it operates

Provides services

Where it operates

Throughout England And Wales,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
People With Disabilities
The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
10 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.

Major supporters in last 5 years

BBC Children in Need	£110,200
DCMS	£101,041
National Lottery Community Fund	£9,943

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Ludus Dance Company
£30,195	31/01/2022	This project will deliver creative dance and film sessions for young people with poor mental health in Lancaster, leading to improved self-worth, sense of belonging and physical and mental self-care.
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Ludus Dance Company
£3,637	17/06/2020 6	COVID19 - This grant will fund the delivery of pre-recorded dance, film and music sessions to support young people in Lancashire who suffer from severe mental ill health, and are isolated due to ....more COVID19 - This grant will fund the delivery of pre-recorded dance, film and music sessions to support young people in Lancashire who suffer from severe mental ill health, and are isolated due to Covid-19. This will help improve their feeling of belonging.
DCMS - VSCE CMC Fund
£3,637	02/06/2020	NET, Comic Relief and Children in Need will use this funding to provide: increased support to vulnerable people and hidden groups, thus reducing the burden on public services; reach local grassroots ....more NET, Comic Relief and Children in Need will use this funding to provide: increased support to vulnerable people and hidden groups, thus reducing the burden on public services; reach local grassroots and small organisations who can provide an on-the-ground community response to the crisis; and, support local charitable organisations to mobilise volunteers to enable better targeted support in communities through empowered local groups.
DCMS - Ludus Dance NPO application
£97,404	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.
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Ludus Dance Company
£76,368	26/06/2019 24	This project will deliver weekly creative dance, film and music sessions for young people with severe mental health issues in Lancashire, supporting them to develop self-agency, life skills and a ....more This project will deliver weekly creative dance, film and music sessions for young people with severe mental health issues in Lancashire, supporting them to develop self-agency, life skills and a sense of belonging.
National Lottery Community Fund - Bounce Back
£9,943	13/06/2019 12	The funding will be used to provide music, visual arts and dance activities for young people experiencing bereavement. The project aims to teach young people coping mechanisms, mindfulness and ....more The funding will be used to provide music, visual arts and dance activities for young people experiencing bereavement. The project aims to teach young people coping mechanisms, mindfulness and self-help techniques to turn feelings of grief into positive pursuits.
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Ludus Dance
£50,200	29/05/2018	Mill Girls and Militants
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Ludus Dance
£10,000	27/04/2017	Breaking the Code: Crypto-Choreography
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Ludus Dance
£34,100	07/10/2014	‘The Journey of a Lancashire Soldier’ - The Commemoration of World War 1

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How is it governed?

Trustees (3)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 47-69

LINDA MARGARET JASPER Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Dance And Cultural Learning Consultant

ELEANOR PAYNE Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Teacher

SERENA MANSFIELD Appointed: 2013, Occupation: Finance Manager

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 06/10/2011, number: 1144163
Registered at Companies House on 04/08/2011, number: 07729308

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
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

12 returns made; all on time

Recent reorganisation events:

Asset transfer in from THE DANCE MOVEMENT on 18/11/2022

Main office

FAO Ludus Dance
The Storey
Meeting House Ln
Lancaster
LA1 1TH

Objectives

ENCOURAGE AND ADVANCE THE APPRECIATION OF THE ART OF DANCE AND ITS ASSOCIATED ART FORMS BY THE PUBLIC PARTICULARLY BY PROVIDING OPPORTUNITIES FOR PEOPLE TO CREATE, WATCH AND TAKE PART IN DANCE PREDOMINANTLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY IN THE NORTH WEST OF ENGLAND.

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