Finance Score: 1

Governance Score: 7

Support Score: 13

Multiple Deficits: -2
Fundraising costs low: +3

No conflicts policy: -1
12+ Trustees: -1
Good trustee age range: +3
Dynamic board: +3
Gender balanced board: +3

Grant maker support: +13

Overall GiG Score: 21

CONTEMPORARY DANCE TRUST LIMITED

The principal activity of The Place is the development of contemporary dance through a higher education establishment, producing and touring work, a theatre and other artistic and educational activities.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

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 and gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy
There are 13 trustees whereas the Charities Commission recommends a maximum of 12

Financial issues to consider:

On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending

Established: 57 years

www.theplace.org.uk

info@theplace.org.uk

02071211100

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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Sources of Income ?

Y/E		Income £k	Spending £k	Surplus/ Deficit	Fundraising Cost £k	Total Funds £k	Unrestricted Funds £k	Mths Rsrvs	Staff
31/07/22		£7,192	£7,317	£-125	£648	£7,331	£2,387	3.9	268
31/07/21		£7,354	£6,773	£580	£535	£7,320	£1,953	3.5	284
31/07/20		£7,379	£7,020	£359	£497	£6,669	£955	1.6	280
31/07/19		£7,175	£7,536	£-360	£604	£6,198	£506	0.8	257
31/07/18		£6,913	£7,601	£-688	£597	£6,468	£442	0.7	102
31/07/17?		£9,060	£10,187	£-1,128	£738	£7,084	£237	0.3	119
31/03/16	*	£6,685	£7,027	£-343	£546	£8,142	£1,046	1.8	103
31/03/15		£6,998	£7,091	£-92	£181	£8,454	£1,125	1.9	98
31/03/14		£7,196	£6,822	£375	£192	£8,547	£1,183	2.1	95
31/03/13		£6,544	£6,587	£-44	£186	£8,172	£1,321	2.4	93
31/03/12		£6,956	£6,786	£170	£170	£8,216	£1,231	2.2	95
31/03/11		£6,797	£6,707	£90	£176	£8,046	£1,051	1.9	95
31/03/10		£6,564	£6,515	£49	£189	£7,956	£870	1.6	95
31/03/09		£6,187	£6,116	£72	£169	£7,907	£729	1.4	88
31/03/08		£6,448	£6,055	£393	£190	£7,835	£618	1.2	87
31/03/07		£6,092	£5,958	£134	£179	£7,443	£592	1.2	87
31/03/06	*	£5,340	£5,374	£-34	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
31/03/05		£5,288	£5,206	£82	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
31/03/04		£4,904	£4,792	£112	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0

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Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 9.3%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 8.8%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 4%
Highest pay band: £80,000-£90,000
Liabilities/Assets: 13%
Liabilities/Income: 16%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 33%
Reserves/Spending: 3.9 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 2 months
Quick Ratio: 1.8

Asset Split ?

Listed activities

Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
Education/Training
Other Charitable Purposes

How it operates

Makes Grants to Individuals
Other charitable activities
Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Provides services

Where it operates

Throughout England And Wales,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

268 employees

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

DCMS	£2,501,868
Esmee Fairbairn	£440,000
John Ellerman Foundation	£150,000
The Foyle Foundation	£100,000

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
The Foyle Foundation - Arts
£100,000	28/11/2023	towards refurbishment of the changing rooms, dressing rooms and café at The Place
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Contemporary Dance Trust Limited
£40,000	27/02/2023	Towards unrestricted core costs as a Cost of Living Uplift
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Contemporary Dance Trust Limited
£400,000	26/04/2022 48	Towards project costs of the Rural Touring Dance Initiative to support artists and local cultural leaders to embed dance in rural performance
John Ellerman Foundation - Funding for three artists through our Producing and Touring programme
£150,000	29/09/2021 36	Funding for three artists through our Producing and Touring programme
John Lyon's Charity - Cultural Capital grant to The Place
£32,500	14/07/2021	Camden Partner Schools Programme 2021-22
DCMS - Contemporary Dance Trust
£1,826,994	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.
DCMS - The Place Culture Recovery Aug 20
£472,339	01/04/2020	To support Arts and Culture throughout England
DCMS - The Place Culture Recovery Jan 21
£202,535	01/04/2020	To support Arts and Culture throughout England
Camden Giving - (In)visible Dancing
£9,000	31/01/2020 0	This project will work with community groups to create dance out of their everyday movements and present a pop up performance at the Somers Town Festival. Dancing has obvious health benefits and by ....more This project will work with community groups to create dance out of their everyday movements and present a pop up performance at the Somers Town Festival. Dancing has obvious health benefits and by tailoring the activity to participants' existing fitness and health levels, the project will be a safe and enjoyable way to increase fitness.
Camden Giving - (In)visible Dancing
£9,000	31/01/2020 4	This project will work with community groups to create dance out of their everyday movements and present a pop up performance at the Somers Town Festival. Dancing has obvious health benefits and by ....more This project will work with community groups to create dance out of their everyday movements and present a pop up performance at the Somers Town Festival. Dancing has obvious health benefits and by tailoring the activity to participants' existing fitness and health levels, the project will be a safe and enjoyable way to increase fitness.
John Ellerman Foundation - Creation of new work by Richard Alston
£40,000	24/11/2016 24	Towards the costs of developing and producing new work with the Richard Alston Dance Company.
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Contemporary Dance Trust
£55,000	15/05/2014	£55,000 towards the cost of refurbishing the lifts; updating and extending the hearing loop system; and making changes to fixtures and fittings to enhance accessibility for disabled visitors to The ....more £55,000 towards the cost of refurbishing the lifts; updating and extending the hearing loop system; and making changes to fixtures and fittings to enhance accessibility for disabled visitors to The Place.
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Contemporary Dance Trust (The Place)
£150,000	31/10/2013	Towards an artist development programme for emerging and established choreographers.
Walcot Foundation - Lambeth Centre for Advance Training (CAT) Outreach Programme
£30,000	07/11/2012	Lambeth Centre for Advance Training (CAT) Outreach Programme

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How is it governed?

Trustees (13)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Based on 11/13 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 38-70

ALAN JOHN BISHOP (Chair) Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Creative Industries, Other trusteeship: MANCHESTER INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL,

DAVID ROBERT BLACKBURN Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Chief People Officer

DEREK HICKS Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Retired, Other trusteeship: RUSKIN COLLEGE,

DR HELEN LOUISE BAILEY Appointed: 2022

ELIZABETH SIMPSON Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Marketing Director

ELIZABETH VARLEY Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Entrepreneur

EVA DEVI SARMA Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Chief Executive

JOHN GILLESPIE STEWART Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Lawyer

JANE ALEXANDER Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Retired

LISA CLAIRE BAGLIN Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Accountant, Other trusteeship: Number Champions,

MICHAEL FREDERICK ASANTE Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Music Producer/ Co-Artistic Director/ Professor

ROSALIND WYNN Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Executive Producer

SHAPARAK RAHIMI Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Development Manager

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 19/12/1966, number: 250216
Registered at Companies House on 08/07/1966, number: 00883094

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Complaints handling
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries

Filing Record

19 returns made; AR16: 1 days late, AR06: 1 days late,

Main office

Contemporary Dance Trust, The PLACE
The Place Theatre
17 Duke's Road
LONDON
WC1H 9PY

Objectives

TO FOSTER, PROMOTE AND INCREASE THE INTEREST OF THE PUBLIC IN THE KNOWLEDGE, UNDERSTANDING AND PRACTISE OF THE ART OF THE BALLET AND THE TRAINING OF BALLET DANCERS AND CHOREOGRAPHERS. TO PROMOTE AND ESTABLISH SCHOOLS OR COLLEGES OF CONTEMORARY BALLET.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

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