DASH ARTS LIMITED

Registered charity 1089222 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as DASH SEASONS, FESTIVAL OF JEWISH ARTS AND CULTURE

DASH develops and presents new theatre, dance, music and visual art events in collaboration with artists, producers, venues, and festivals in the UK and abroad, both as part of thematic seasons of work or as one-off productions. DASH seeks international collaboration across arts forms, cultures and social divisions. DASH engages young people, artists and local communities in the UK.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity achieved a breakeven operating budget for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total income of £323,400 against total expenditure of £305,037. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted general funds stood at £21,070, while designated reserves of £75,000 represented approximately 4.5 months of operating costs against a policy target of three to six months. The charity notes it is in a strong position to make a new Arts Council England NPO application next year following the loss of core NPO funding.

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.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 04246467

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• Arts Council England — “Lead Supporters Arts Council England” (source page)
• Oak Foundation — “Lead Supporters Arts Council England Oak Foundation” (source page)
• Cockayne - Grants for the Arts — “Trust and Foundations Cockayne - Grants for the Arts” (source page)
• The D’Oyly Carte Charitable Trust — “The D’Oyly Carte Charitable Trust” (source page)
• Foundation for FutureLondon — “Foundation for FutureLondon” (source page)
• The Garrick Charitable Trust — “The Garrick Charitable Trust” (source page)
• Maria Björnson Memorial Fund — “Maria Björnson Memorial Fund” (source page)
• Royal Victoria Hall Foundation — “Royal Victoria Hall Foundation” (source page)
• Shoresh Charitable Trust — “Shoresh Charitable Trust” (source page)

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• LIVESEY, Ruth, Professor — director, appointed 01/09/2025on trustee list
• WHIDDINGTON CBE, Susan Lynn Schmidt — director, appointed 10/06/2025not on trustee list
• SCANLON, Olivia Rachel — director, appointed 29/09/2020on trustee list
• ZESERSON, Katherine — director, appointed 22/07/2019on trustee list
• FLEURY, Joachim — director, appointed 29/02/2016on trustee list
• BURTON, Josephine — secretary, appointed 08/02/2010

Official officers record.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2023)

Reported reserves equal ~1.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 7.0 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (39% 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: 2.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (2.9%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (20/01/2017) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• JOACHIM FLEURYchair
• Katherine Zeserson · trustee of 1 other charity
• Olivia Scanlon
• Professor Ruth Livesey
• Susan Whiddington CBE · trustee of 2 other charities

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

Operates in: Belgium · China · Finland · France · Germany · India · Throughout England

Income and spending

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Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).