Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: -3
Support Score: 10
  • Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
  • Future income +5
  • No PartB
  • No volunteer policy: -2
  • Only 4 Trustees: -1
  • Large volunteer base +3
  • Overall weighted support: +7
Overall GiG Score: 7 ?

HENRY DANCER DAYS

We support children and Young People (18 and under) with Cancer. We offer Hardship Support to families where the child is suffering from Primary Bone Cancer. We also deliver projects (Storytelling and Pottery) in Paediatric Oncology Wards nationally to distract young patients from treatment and pain.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently and there are significant future grants due to be received

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Although this charity works with volunteers it does not have a Volunteer Management policy
  • Why are there only 4 trustees?

Financial issues to consider:

  • Income has been volatile and on several occasions in recent years less than spending
  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit £k
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
30/06/23£69£77£-8n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/06/22£91£125£-33n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/06/21£154£115£39n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/06/20£136£137£-1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/06/19£67£62£5n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/06/18£70£72£-2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/06/17£68£60£8n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/06/16£57£87£-30n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/06/15£83£75£8n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/06/14£50£43£7n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/06/13£35£10£25n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 12 years

http://www.henrydancerdays.co.uk

jane@henrydancerdays.co.uk

07947668993

Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Disability
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Human Rights/Religious Or Racial Harmony/Equality Or Diversity
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Outpatient support services
How it operates
  • Makes grants to individuals
  • Makes grants to organisations
  • Other charitable activities
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Scotland, Throughout England And Wales,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • People With Disabilities

Who supports them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

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

Major supporters in last 5 years
National Lottery Community Fund£145,717
DCMS£38,000
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland£5,200
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - Wish Upon a Story
£126,799 24/07/2023
Funding will be used to continue providing practical and wellbeing support to children and young people suffering from cancer in Newcastle Manchester Leeds Sheffield Liverpool and Leeds. The project will use a storytelling approach through group ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Lost in words
£9,553 06/01/2023
The funding will be used to provide fun structured educational support for children and young people effected by cancer. The project aims to bridge the gap in education to cancer patients and their siblings which will help towards employment in the ....more
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - A grant to Henry Dancer Days
£5,200 21/10/2021
Running costs for an extended entertainments programme at the Great North Children's Hospital in Newcastle for children and young people who are unable to spend Christmas 2021 or Easter 2022 at home
National Lottery Community Fund - Reaching Out
£9,365 06/08/2021
The project will use the funding to create a digital guide to educate childhood cancer patients' family friends and community about their experiences whilst receiving treatment and how they can support them. This will be made available to children ....more
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£38,000 29/09/2020
"The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to operate, thereby reducing the burden on public ....more
The Fore - Grant to Henry Dancer Days
£30,000 01/12/2018
24
Henry Dancer Days (HDD) uses storytelling and grants to improve the lives of children affected by cancer. HDD's multi-award winning storytelling uses professionals to make stories come to life for children in the Great North Children's Hospital in ....more
Masonic Trust - MCF Small Grant
£3,000 23/05/2018
Unrestricted core funding for small charities
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Henry Dancer Days
£166,662 02/03/2018
36
This project will deliver storytelling to children undergoing treatment in hospital for cancer. This project will reduce the distress children feel, enabling them to have some fun, build and maintain positive relationships and be emotionally well.
Woodward Charitable Trust - Towards the storytelling project for children
£500 22/03/2017
Towards the storytelling project to distract children undergoing cancer treatment in hospitals in County Durham.
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (4)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

  • CLARE CHILLINGWORTH Appointed: 2017
  • DR SALLY SLATER Appointed: 2013
  • JANE NATTRASS (Chair) Appointed: 2023
  • STEPHEN PAUL Appointed: 2021
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 06/07/2012, number: 1147982
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
  • 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
11 returns made; all on time
Main office

BLACK HORSE INN
CORNSAY
DURHAM
DH7 9EL

Objectives

To relieve the need of young people with Cancer and their families and carers as theTrustees shall determine.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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