MAGPIE DANCE

Registered charity 1062185 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Enabling people with learning disabilities to take a full and integrated part in the artistic life of the community through dance.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit on unrestricted funds of £75,940 for the year ended 31 March 2025, reducing cumulative unrestricted reserves to £337,193. The trustees consider the current level of reserves, equating to approximately nine months of operating expenses, to be prudent and necessary given the nature of the charity's objectives. The independent examiner confirmed that no matters came to their attention giving cause to believe the accounts were not prepared in accordance with applicable standards.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Magpie Dance (matched by registered charity number).

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2024)

Reported reserves equal ~10.9 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 7.0 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (84% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 7.3% of total income — above the median for charities its size (2.9%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (08/01/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Sarah-Jane Phillippochair · trustee of 2 other charities
• Aaron Samuel Francis
• Ailisha Ogunmefun
• Anjie Enabor
• Christopher Wicks
• Eamonn Prendergast
• Faye Harrison
• Jade Bassett
• Joanna Ruth Stevens
• Jordan Lindsey Wall
• Margaret Kenney · trustee of 1 other charity
• Megan Elinor Gardiner
• Michaela Phyllis Moores
• Tamara Louise Kohler

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Bexley · Bromley · Croydon · Lewisham

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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