MIDLANDS ACADEMY OF DANCE AND DRAMA LIMITED

Registered charity 1118761 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as MADD

Education and instuction in Dance and Drama

Objects

(I) TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND INSTRUCTION IN DANCE, SINGING, DRAMA AND CONTEXTUAL STUDIES AND ALL OTHER SUBJECTS WHATSOEVER THAT MAY BE INCLUDED IN A COMMERCIAL, TECHNICAL, SCIENTIFIC, CLASSICAL, OR ACADEMIC EDUCATION OR ARE CONDUCIVE TO KNOWLEDGE OF OR SKILL IN THE PERFORMING ARTS, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY ESTABLISHING OR HELPING TO ESTABLISH A SCHOOL OR SCHOOLS, LECTURE CLASSES, EXAMINATION ROOMS AND SUCH OTHER ACADEMIC FACILITIES AND BY PROVIDING OR ASSISTING IN THE PROVISION OF ITEMS, FACILITIES AND FUNDING TO HELP RUN SUCH ESTABLISHMENTS AND TO SUPPORT TEACHERS AND STUDENTS IN GREAT BRITAIN AND OTHER COUNTRIES; AND(II) TO ADVANCE EDUCATION BY FUNDING SCHOLARSHIPS AND EXHIBITIONS AND TO GIVE PRIZES, CERTIFICATES AND DIPLOMAS TO PERSONS WHO ARE OR HAVE BEEN STUDENTS OR EXAMINED BY OR BY THE DIRECTION OF THE COMPANY.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED. IN PRACTICE NOTTINGHAMSHIRE

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

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Latest income

£308k

Latest spending

£270k

Registered

2007

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity achieved a surplus of £37,209 for the year ended 31 July 2025, reversing a previous deficit. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves increased to £50,398, supported by a rise in cash in bank to £34,413. The charity maintains a reserves policy to mitigate the risk of student fee defaults.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: maintain reserves to mitigate risk of students defaulting on fees (held: £50k)

“Reserves are required to mitigate the risk of students defaulting on fees so the charity can meet all of its financial obligations. We plan on maintaining our reserves despite increases in utility costs and increase of the number of students completing HNC's, HND's and BTEC's.” — page 6

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education). This is the charity’s own declaration; it is not a rating and has not been verified by the Commission or by this site.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls 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

Corporate structure

Registered company of the charity Companies House 03830525

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.

HALLAM, David Bernard John — director, appointed 04/07/2025on trustee list
DHILLON, Harpreet Kaur — director, appointed 25/08/2022on trustee list
KEANE, Adrian — director, appointed 25/08/2022on trustee list
DHILLON, Harpreet — secretary, appointed 25/08/2022

Official officers record.

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

Trustees · trustee networks

Adrian Keane
David Hallam
Harpreet Dhillon
Ian Collins

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

Operates in: Nottinghamshire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/07/2025	£308k	£270k
31/07/2024	£275k	£313k
31/07/2023	£386k	£353k
31/07/2022	£365k	£370k
31/07/2021	£415k	£380k

Common questions

Is MIDLANDS ACADEMY OF DANCE AND DRAMA LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity achieved a surplus of £37,209 for the year ended 31 July 2025, reversing a previous deficit. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves increased to £50,398, supported by a rise in cash in bank to £34,413. The charity maintains a reserves policy to mitigate the risk of student fee defaults. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE HAWTHORNE CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£13k
THE HARDING TRUST	1	£3k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with BRITISH AMERICAN DRAMA ACADEMY.

BRITISH AMERICAN DRAMA ACADEMY income £3.4m
CENTRAL SCHOOL OF BALLET CHARITABLE TRUST LIMITED income £3.4m
B.T.D.A. LIMITED income £889k
MALVERN THEATRES TRUST LIMITED income £7.1m
THE ACADEMY FOR THEATRE ARTS LTD income £251k
ACS DANCE CENTRE income £256k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
MIDLANDS ACADEMY OF DANCE AND DRAMA LIMITED	£308k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
BRITISH AMERICAN DRAMA ACADEMY FY2025	£3.4m	—	—	above	—	no doubt
CENTRAL SCHOOL OF BALLET CHARITABLE TRUST LIMITED FY2025	£3.4m	—	—	above	—	no doubt
B.T.D.A. LIMITED FY2025	£889k	—	—	below	—	no doubt
MALVERN THEATRES TRUST LIMITED FY2025	£7.1m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE ACADEMY FOR THEATRE ARTS LTD FY2025	£251k	—	0	below	—	noted

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.