LUDUS DANCE

Registered charity 1144163 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To encourage and advance the appreciation of the art of dance and its associated art forms by the public particularly by providing opportunities for people to create, watch and take part in dance predominantly but not exclusively in the North West of England.

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Latest income

£133k

Latest spending

£144k

Registered

2011

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £11,197 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total reserves from £129,565 to £118,368. The trustees confirm that unrestricted reserves of £118,368 remain above the stated policy target of three months' running costs, and they have a reasonable expectation that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operation for the foreseeable future.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Arts Council England Transition Fund (ACE) (50% of income)

“Ludus Dance received approximately 50% of its income through core grants from Arts Council England Transition Fund (ACE) and 50% from Lancaster City Council Levelling UP funding.” — page 9

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: three months’ running costs (held: £118k)

“The agreed target for unrestricted reserves at Ludus Dance will continue to be three months’ running costs.” — page 10

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

Register events

Received assets from another charity (18/11/2022) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

SERENA MANSFIELDchair
Adam York Gregory
Ann Michelle Breed
Eleanor Payne
Gillian Jane Lees
Linda Margaret Jasper

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£133k	£144k
31/03/2024	£137k	£160k
31/03/2023	£179k	£159k
31/03/2022	£164k	£212k
31/03/2021	£203k	£190k

Common questions

Is LUDUS DANCE financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £11,197 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total reserves from £129,565 to £118,368. The trustees confirm that unrestricted reserves of £118,368 remain above the stated policy target of three months' running costs, and they have a reasonable expectation that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operation for the foreseeable future. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
UK government	02/06/2020	£4k	VSCE CMC Fund
The National Lottery Community Fund	13/06/2019	£10k	Bounce Back
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	29/05/2018	£50k	"Mill Girls and Militants"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	27/04/2017	£10k	"Breaking the Code: Crypto-Choreography"
The National Lottery Community Fund	07/10/2015	£9k	A4A - The Lodestar Project
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	07/10/2014	£34k	"Â‘The Journey of a Lancashire SoldierÂ’ - The Commemoration of World War 1"
South Lakeland District Council	—	£1k	Members locality budget scheme 2016/17