Overall GiG Score: 15 ?
Finance Score: 3
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 9
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Grant maker support: +9

DANCE UMBRELLA LIMITED 

The principal activity of the charity is the promotion of contemporary dance and the celebration of 21st century choreography. It exists for the benefit of the general public, to take dance out across the capital and to bring audiences in. It does this primarily through the annual Dance Umbrella festival by commissioning, producing and presenting dance works.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • Fundraising costs are unusually low relative to funds raised
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age
Established: 44 years

www.danceumbrella.co.uk

mail@danceumbrella.co.uk

0207 2579380

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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£782£648£134£20£344£1803.364
31/03/22£565£573£-8£21£210£1493.1714
31/03/21£494£422£73n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/20£736£729£7£3£145£901.5628
31/03/19£690£678£12£9£138£931.6627
31/03/18£820£754£66£2£126£961.560
31/03/17£688£685£4£3£60£470.870
31/03/16*£639£638£1£19£56£430.870
31/03/15£610£656£-46£14£55£240.470
31/03/14£546£697£-151£36£102£1021.860
31/03/13*£637£688£-52£31£253£2524.460
31/03/12£1,001£1,044£-43£32£305£3033.570
31/03/11£953£1,028£-75£50£348£3484.190
31/03/10£917£899£18£62£423£4235.6100
31/03/09£1,175£1,106£70£72£405£3884.2100
31/03/08£802£765£37£62£335£2343.7100
31/03/07*£902£1,013£-111£58£298£2753.370
31/03/06*£1,496£1,354£141£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05*£1,119£1,269£-150£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04*£1,085£1,122£-37£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 2.6%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 3.1%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 9%
Liabilities/Income: 4%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 52%
Reserves/Spending: 3.3 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 6 months
Quick Ratio: 8.1
Asset Split ?
What it does
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
Who works here?
  • 6 employees
  • 4 volunteers
Who it helps
  • The General Public/Mankind
How it operates
  • Other charitable activities
Where it operates
  • Throughout London,

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£358,505
Esmee Fairbairn£190,000
Paul Hamlyn Foundation£13,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Dance Umbrella Ltd
£10,000 20/02/2023
Towards unrestricted core costs as a Cost of Living Uplift
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Dance Umbrella Ltd
£150,000 23/06/2021
Towards core costs for further development of our creative learning programme London Leap, which broadens access to dance participation and performance for CYP and their families in Outer London ....more
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - COVID19 Emergency Funding
£13,000 22/07/2020
8
Support to aid the organisation in dealing with the challenges posed by COVID19.
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Dance Umbrella Ltd
£30,000 05/05/2020
6
towards unrestricted core costs as a COVID-19 Fast Response grant
DCMS - National Portfolio Organisation 2018-22
£358,505 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
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Dance Umbrella Ltd
£60,000 25/03/2019
20
Towards a programme of work which will reach more children and young people in outer London boroughs and enable them to access contemporary dance through performances and creative learning activity.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (2 Years) award
£40,000 27/02/2019
Dance Umbrella Festival
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Dance Umbrella Access Croydon
£60,000 26/02/2018
20
Dance Umbrella is a London-based international festival with a mission to engage new audiences through contemporary dance. Dance Umbrella will partner with London Borough of Croydon, local young ....more
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£20,000 20/09/2017
Re-think/re-focus
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Dance Umbrella Ltd
£60,000 07/09/2015
24
Towards core costs of developing Dance Umbrella’s year-round work, talent development programme and national partnerships.
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (9)
Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 27-70
  • CLARE CONNOR Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Business Development
  • PETE BARKER Appointed: 1997, Occupation: Freelance Consultant
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 16/10/1979, number: 277221
  • Registered at Companies House on 29/11/1978, number: 01402702
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
  • 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
20 returns made; AR16: 2 days late, AR13: 1 days late, AR07: 1 days late, AR06: 85 days late, AR05: 60 days late, AR04: 97 days late,
Main office

Dance Umbrella
Somerset House
Strand
LONDON
WC2R 1LA

Objectives

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY (THE OBJECTS) ARE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT TO:4.1.1 PROMOTE, MAINTAIN, IMPROVE AND ADVANCE EDUCATION PARTICULARLY BY:(A) THE PRODUCTION OF DANCE PERFORMANCES, WORKSHOPS, PARTICIPATORY EVENTS ANDOTHER EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES;(B) THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF THE ARTS INCLUDING (BUT NOT LIMITED TO) THE ARTS OF DANCE,CHOREOGRAPHY, DRAMA, BALLET, MUSIC AND SINGING; AND (C) PROVIDING FACILITIES AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR PARTICIPATION IN CREATIVE LEARNING; AND4.1.2 PROVIDE FACILITIES AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR ART AND PERFORMANCE-RELATED RECREATION IN THEINTERESTS OF SOCIAL, ECONOMIC, AND PHYSICAL WELFARE OF MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WITH THEOBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITION AND QUALITY OF LIFE.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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