Finance Score: -2

Governance Score: 3

Support Score: 10

Multiple Deficits: -2
No PartB

Good trustee age range: +3

Grant maker support: +10

Overall GiG Score: 11

DANCESYNDROME

DS enables People With Learning Disabilities to be active and visible citizens and provides opportunities that increase health and well-being. DS's dance leaders' with learning disabilities deliver inclusive dance workshops in local communities in the North West. DS creates meaningful activities that increase the life chances of PWLD and stimulate community cohesion through inclusive approaches.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

Spending has increased over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
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

Financial issues to consider:

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

Established: 11 years

www.dancesyndrome.co.uk

info@dancesyndrome.co.uk

07597942494

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		£313	£250	£63	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0
31/03/22		£151	£206	£-56	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0
31/03/21		£190	£124	£66	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0
31/03/20		£167	£200	£-33	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	55
31/03/19		£203	£187	£16	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	55
31/03/18		£169	£149	£20	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/17	*	£120	£117	£3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/16		£90	£85	£5	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/15		£83	£66	£16	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/14		£68	£49	£19	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Listed activities

Amateur Sport
Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
Disability
Education/Training
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives

How it operates

Provides services

Where it operates

Blackburn With Darwen, Bolton, Lancashire, Manchester City, Salford City, Stockport, Trafford, Wigan,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
People With Disabilities

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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

National Lottery Community Fund	£198,903
Henry Smith Charity	£126,100
DCMS	£39,750
Garfield Weston Foundation	£35,000

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Masonic Trust - MCF Matched Funding
£2,661	17/07/2023	Unrestricted matched funding in partnership with the local masonic province
The Leathersellers' Company Charitable Fund - Grant to DanceSyndrome
£1,400	07/06/2022	Small Grant Unrestricted Core Costs
National Lottery Community Fund - Everybody Move More
£179,483	27/05/2022	The funding will cover core costs and enable the group to continue to use dance as a medium to empower and make positive changes for people living with learning difficulties. The group aim to offer ....more The funding will cover core costs and enable the group to continue to use dance as a medium to empower and make positive changes for people living with learning difficulties. The group aim to offer community dance workshops and activities to people with learning difficulties.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£25,000	11/03/2022	Everybody Move
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to DanceSyndrome
£126,100	02/11/2021 36	towards three years' running costs of an organisation providing dance workshops and community outreach programmes for people with learning disabilities in Lancashire and Greater Manchester.
National Lottery Community Fund - Everybody dance
£9,500	14/05/2021	The funding will be used to provide inclusive dance workshops for adults with learning disabilities outdoors and then in a community centre when covid restrictions permit. The project aims to reduce ....more The funding will be used to provide inclusive dance workshops for adults with learning disabilities outdoors and then in a community centre when covid restrictions permit. The project aims to reduce isolation which has been exacerbated by the pandemic and improve wellbeing.
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£39,750	03/07/2020	"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 ....more "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 services.2) To ensure essential services are provided to vulnerable people, both in the short and long term through increased community support through the work of charitable organisations."
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£10,000	17/01/2020	Everybody Dance Together
Woodward Charitable Trust - Towards inclusive dance workshops
£500	15/11/2019	Towards inclusive dance workshops.
National Lottery Community Fund - Everybody Dance
£9,920	15/08/2019 12	Everybody Dance
National Lottery Community Fund - Everybody Dance
£159,003	03/05/2017 36	Everybody Dance will engage people with learning disabilities in dance workshops that aim to improve self-esteem, health and social skills whilst reducing isolation. Participants help design and ....more Everybody Dance will engage people with learning disabilities in dance workshops that aim to improve self-esteem, health and social skills whilst reducing isolation. Participants help design and develop the sessions, can gain leadership qualifications and jointly run their own workshops. Outreach taster sessions and performances will inspire people with or without disabilities and change perceptions of disability within the communities of Oldham and Beeston.
Spirit of 2012 - Everybody Dance
£200,259	06/07/2016	An inclusive dance programme bringing disabled and non-disabled people together to dance and gain leadership training. Final amount of grant dispersed may differ due to project underspend and within ....more An inclusive dance programme bringing disabled and non-disabled people together to dance and gain leadership training. Final amount of grant dispersed may differ due to project underspend and within agreed tolerance.
Tudor Trust - Grant to DanceSyndrome
£50,000	09/12/2014 36	over three years towards salaries and running costs for an organisation using dance to engage with and support people with learning disabilities across the North West
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to DanceSyndrome
£41,400	12/06/2014 24	towards two years' salary of the Managing Director of a dance company for people with learning disabilities from Manchester, Lancashire and Cheshire

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How is it governed?

Trustees (9)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Based on 8/9 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 33-69

CRISTINA BOWMAN Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Director, Other trusteeships: EDEN ARTS LTD, DOWN SYNDROME SWIMMING GREAT BRITAIN,

CAT YOUNG Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Director

JENNIFER SUSAN BLACKWELL Appointed: 2013, Occupation: Networking Volunteer

LYNN JAMES-JENKINSON Appointed: 2015, Occupation: Chief Executive, Other trusteeship: MY LIFE MY WAY,

LOUISE HOWITT Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Doctor

MALCOLM BLACKWELL (Chair) Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Company Director

NATASHA BRITTON Appointed: 2020

PETER PAMPHLETT Appointed: 2015, Occupation: None

SUSAN ELIZABETH BLACKWELL GRSM, ARCM Appointed: 2013

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 01/07/2013, number: 1152664
Registered at Companies House on 14/02/2013, number: 08402154

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
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Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
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Volunteer management

Filing Record

10 returns made; AR17: 0 days late,

Main office

Suite 2 Waterside
St. James Court West
ACCRINGTON
Lancs
BB5 1NA

Objectives

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN THE ART OF DANCE AND IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY FOR THE LEARNING DISABLED.

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