FFIN DANCE

Registered charity 1129663 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

FFIN DANCE PROVIDES HIGH QUALITY PROFESSIONAL DANCE SERVICES; BOTH IN TERMS OF MAKING AND PERFORMING WORK AND ALSO PROVIDING EDUCATION AND OUTREACH IN THE AREA OF BLAENAU GWENT IN SOUTH WALESFFIN HAS 2 MAIN AREAS OF INTEREST: - THE DANCE FAKTRY, AN EDUCATION AN OUTREACH UNIT WORKING IN THE COMMUNITY - FFIN DANCE, A PROFESSIONAL DANCE COMPANY CREATING AND PERFORMING NEW WORK

Objects

"TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND TRAINING FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT THROUGH THE PROMOTION AND PERFORMANCE OF DANCE, FOR ALL AGES; IN PARTICULAR WITHIN THE AREA OF GWENT."

Area of benefit: GWENT

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

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Amateur Sport · Environment/conservation/heritage · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£54k

Latest spending

£52k

Registered

2009

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity made a net surplus of £1,466 for the year, reversing a previous deficit. The trustees confirm that unrestricted reserves of £21,055 are sufficient to continue trading for the foreseeable future, exceeding the stated policy target of £4,000. The charity acknowledges challenging times due to the cessation of UK SPF funding and decreasing public funding, but reports that engagement and outreach activities have increased.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: at least at £4,000 (held: £21k)

“It is the policy of the charity that the level of reserves should be maintained at least at £4,000.” — page 5

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

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
Conflicting interests
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Social media policy and procedures
Volunteer management

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

Trustees · trustee networks

Ruth Prattenchair
Anna Guzzo
Louis William Norman
Sharon Harford

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

Operates in: Blaenau Gwent

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
28/02/2025	£54k	£52k
29/02/2024	£45k	£51k
28/02/2023	£14k	£43k
28/02/2022	£71k	£52k
28/02/2021	£97k	£69k

Common questions

Is FFIN DANCE financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity made a net surplus of £1,466 for the year, reversing a previous deficit. The trustees confirm that unrestricted reserves of £21,055 are sufficient to continue trading for the foreseeable future, exceeding the stated policy target of £4,000. The charity acknowledges challenging times due to the cessation of UK SPF funding and decreasing public funding, but reports that engagement and outreach activities have increased. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds FFIN DANCE?

Funders whose own accounts filings name FFIN DANCE as a grant recipient include THE THEATRES TRUST CHARITABLE FUND.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
THE THEATRES TRUST CHARITABLE FUND	FY2022	£3k

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Community Fund	27/04/2020	£5k	COVID-19 - Lifeline
The National Lottery Community Fund	15/04/2020	£10k	Turn Up The Heat!
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	18/06/2008	£4k	"The project is to raise community awareness of their local heritage. The money is for tutor fees, publicity, workshop materials and subsiste"