Finance Score: -2
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 10
  • Low unrestricted reserves: -2
  • Volatile income: -3
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +10
Overall GiG Score: 14 ?

PHOENIX DANCE THEATRE 

The UK's longest standing contemporary dance company outside London performing programmes of work curated by the company’s artistic director Sharon Watson.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from multiple prominent grant makers recently
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • Fundraising costs are unusually low relative to funds raised
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

  • Unrestricted reserves appear to be dangerously low at the latest year end
  • Income has been volatile recently
Established: 39 years

www.phoenixdancetheatre.co.uk

info@phoenixdancetheatre.co.uk

01132368130

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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£722£835£-113£6£223£1952.8153
31/03/22£989£1,033£-44£7£337£2783.2232
31/03/21£805£637£168£3£365£2444.62615
31/03/20*£928£949£-22£10£197£7513010
31/03/19£1,088£1,035£53£28£195£550.6321
31/03/18£949£946£4£4£142£771190
31/03/17£878£838£40£4£97£220.3250
31/03/16£1,083£1,063£20£4£58£-23-0.3270
31/03/15£1,242£1,239£3£27£38£380.4260
31/03/14£869£894£-25£26£36£360.5270
31/03/13*£815£812£3£39£60£600.9180
31/03/12£792£761£32£9£58£580.9150
31/03/11£743£732£11£10£26£260.4300
31/03/10£619£544£75£6£15£150.3190
31/03/09*£800£930£-130£24£-60£-60-0.8220
31/03/08£800£930£-130£25£-49£-82-1.1220
31/03/07£758£791£-33£6£80£801.2230
31/03/06£742£836£-94£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05£709£760£-51£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04£996£866£130£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0.9%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0.7%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 29%
Liabilities/Income: 13%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 87%
Reserves/Spending: 2.8 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 3 months
Quick Ratio: 2
Asset Split ?
Listed activities
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
How it operates
  • Acts as an umbrella or resource body
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Northern Ireland, Scotland,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • 15 employees
  • 3 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
Garfield Weston Foundation£167,441
John Ellerman Foundation£150,000
National Lottery Community Fund£141,750
Leeds Community Foundation£91,805
National Lottery Heritage Fund£88,794
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Leeds Community Foundation - Dance for Health
£21,997 12/02/2024
10
Phoenix Dance Theatre is committed to the practice which protects children from harm and ensuring all children who take part in the organisation’s activities, have a safe, positive and fun ....more
Leeds Community Foundation - No Bounds
£4,600 14/03/2023
Grant to Phoenix Dance Theatre
National Lottery Community Fund - Illuminate
£141,750 17/02/2023
This funding will be used to deliver a weekly dance project Illuminate for children and young people ages 6-25 with physical disabilities learning difficulties and complex medical conditions which ....more
Leeds Community Foundation - Dance for Health
£19,438 03/02/2023
Grant to Phoenix Dance Theatre
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Phoenix Dance Theatre
£88,794 26/07/2021
40 Years of Phoenix Dance Theatre (40YofPDT)
DCMS - Small Capital Grants
£561 01/04/2021
Open access programme to support the capital development of the arts and culture infrastructure.
Leeds Community Foundation - Grant to Phoenix Dance Theatre
£20,000 11/03/2021
Dance for Health is a free holiday scheme, delivered by Phoenix Dance Theatre at Burley St Matthias Primary School. Through a tailored creative dance programme, PDT will deliver a provision with ....more
Garfield Weston Foundation - WCF award - COVID19 response
£167,441 05/02/2021
Weston Culture Fund
Leeds Community Foundation - Illuminate Dance (Arts and Respite Provision)
£15,770 07/10/2020
11
Grant to Phoenix Dance Theatre
John Ellerman Foundation - Core costs
£150,000 25/07/2019
36
Towards core costs associated with creating and touring innovative work from a culturally diverse range of established and young choreographers
Leeds Community Foundation - Top-Up: Summer Dance & Heath Project
£10,000 28/06/2019
3
Phoenix Dance Theatre is deliver a 2- week summer dance and health project which include a daily hot meal for children attending the Hovingham Primary School located in Gipton/Harehills ward of ....more
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£10,000 13/07/2017
Windrush (working title) dance choreography
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Empowered to Dance: Increasing boys' participation in contemporary dance
£60,000 11/07/2016
24
The project will provide weekly after-school dance classes, performances and opportunities to participate in more intensive programmes for around 80 - 120 boys aged 8 - 19 from diverse backgrounds ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Empowered to Dance: Increasing Boys Participation in Community Arts
£10,000 29/06/2016
12
The organisation will use the funding to provide contemporary dance classes and community performance opportunities for disadvantaged boys. This will enable participants to learn key skills including ....more
John Ellerman Foundation - specifically the salary of a permanent Producer
£40,000 23/03/2016
24
Towards core costs, specifically the salary of a permanent Producer, to increase touring & develop new partnerships.
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Phoenix Dance Theatre
£30,000 23/06/2014
Towards the pilot phase of an artist-development initiative aimed at emerging choreographers and composers.
Sport England - Shifting Bodies
£4,000 09/07/2013
Funding under Sport England's Small Grants funding programme for a Revenue project titled 'Shifting Bodies'. This project is a Movement & Dance project, with a focus on younger beneficiaries.
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (10)
Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 21-61
  • BOBSIE ROBINSON Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Culture Policy And Events Manager, Bradford City C
  • CHRIS WRIGHT Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Executive Director
  • LOUISE KATEREGA Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Independent Dance Artist/Producer
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 07/09/1985, number: 516672
  • Registered at Companies House on 11/06/1985, number: 01921513
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Social media policy and procedures
Filing Record
20 returns made; AR20: 18 days late, AR13: 70 days late, AR09: 151 days late,
Main office

Phoenix Dance Theatre
2 St. Cecilia Street
Leeds
LS2 7PA

Objectives

TO PROMOTE, MAINTAIN, IMPROVE AND ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE ARTS AND SCIENCES AND IN PARTICULAR THE ART AND SCIENCE OF DANCE BY THE PRESENTATION OF PUBLIC PERFORMANCES AND OTHER SIMILAR ACTIVITIES.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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