DANCE BLAST

Registered charity 1128643 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Dance Blast delivers a wide range of community dance & aerial circus activities at its base, The Dance Centre Abergavenny and throughout Monmouthshire. This includes a programme of weekly classes for all ages & abilities, 3 performance companies: MYDC (youth dance), MYCC (youth aerial) and MCDC (adult Inclusive dance), special projects, summer schools and projects in local schools and care homes

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Latest income

£245k

Latest spending

£179k

Registered

2009

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted funds were in a deficit position of £4,123 at year-end, though restricted funds held £195,264. The trustees report that the charity is in a sustainable position for the coming year, having maintained reserves equivalent to three to six months of expenditure as per their policy. The independent examiner confirmed that no matters gave cause to believe the financial statements were materially incorrect.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three and six month’s expenditure (held: £-4k)

“It is the policy of the Charity that unrestricted funds which have not been designated for a specific use should be maintained at a level equivalent to between three and six month’s expenditure.” — page 7

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

Corporate structure

Registered company of the charity Companies House 04596198

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.

ULYATT, Ceri — director, appointed 12/08/2026on trustee list
HUDSON, James Anthony — director, appointed 10/08/2026on trustee list
WILLIAMS, Deborah Frances — director, appointed 07/08/2026on trustee list
WEBB, Karen Olive — director, appointed 15/12/2024on trustee list
CHARRINGTON, Samuel — director, appointed 02/09/2024on trustee list
DOWN, Michele — director, appointed 29/09/2019on trustee list
WESTON, Sue — director, appointed 30/11/2010on trustee list
BROWN, Carol Ann — director, appointed 01/01/2010on trustee list
CASWELL, Susan — director, appointed 21/01/2008on trustee list
YOUNG, Kathryn Lee — secretary, appointed 03/12/2023

Official officers record.

Trustees · trustee networks

CAROL ANN BROWNchair
Ceri Ulyatt · trustee of 1 other charity
Deborah Frances Williams
James Anthony Hudson
Karen Olive Webb
Michele Down
SUE WESTON
SUSAN CASWELL
Samuel Charrington

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

Operates in: Monmouthshire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£245k	£179k
31/03/2024	£264k	£180k
31/03/2023	£142k	£132k
31/03/2022	£120k	£114k
31/03/2021	£97k	£70k

Common questions

Is DANCE BLAST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted funds were in a deficit position of £4,123 at year-end, though restricted funds held £195,264. The trustees report that the charity is in a sustainable position for the coming year, having maintained reserves equivalent to three to six months of expenditure as per their policy. The independent examiner confirmed that no matters gave cause to believe the financial statements were materially incorrect. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.