LONDON VOCATIONAL BALLET SCHOOL

Registered charity 1148129 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as YOUNG DANCERS CHARITABLE ACADEMY LIMITED

operating a school within the meaning of the Education Acts, open to all pupils showing a talent and commitment to performing arts;advancing and coordinating academic and vocational excellence by providing specialist facilities for ballet training within the school premises;providing scholarships for pupils not able to afford to pay the full running costs

Objects

TO ADVANCE, FOR CHARITABLE PURPOSES, EDUCATION AND TO PROMOTE THE ARTS (IN PARTICULAR BALLET AND RELATED PERFORMING ARTS) BOTH FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY:1) OPERATING A SCHOOL WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE EDUCATION ACTS, OPEN TO ALL PUPILS SHOWING A TALENT AND COMMITMENT TO BALLET AND RELATED PERFORMING ARTS;2) ADVANCING AND CO-ORDINATING ACADEMIC AND VOCATIONAL EXCELLENCE BY PROVIDING SPECIALIST FACILITIES FOR BALLET TRAINING WITHIN THE SCHOOL PREMISES;3) PROMOTING WITHIN THE COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE OPPORTUNITIES TO PARTICIPATE IN DANCE FOR PEOPLE OF SCHOOL GOING AGE WHO WOULD OTHERWISE NORMALLY BE EXCLUDED BY VIRTUE OF ECONOMIC, SOCIAL OR CULTURAL REASONS;4) PROVIDING SCHOLARSHIPS AND OTHER FORMS OF SUBSIDY FOR PUPILS NOT ABLE TO AFFORD TO PAY THE FULL RUNNING COSTS OF THE SCHOOL AND OF ITS DANCING FACILITIES;5) FOSTERING INTEREST IN AND PROMOTING KNOWLEDGE OF THE SUBJECT OF BALLET AND RELATED ARTS FOR THE BETTER APPRECIATION BY AND GENERAL BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC AS A WHOLE (THE SCHOOL AIMS NEVER TO TURN AWAY A TALENTED CHILD); AND6) FORMING LINKS WITH OTHER ORGANISATIONS ACTIVELY INVOLVED IN BALLET, IN ORDER TO ENHANCE THE CONTRIBUTION MADE BY BALLET FOR THE BENEFIT OF SOCIETY AS A WHOLE.

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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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity achieved a surplus of £12,182 for the year ended 31 August 2025, following the awarding of £306,459 in bursaries. Per the trustees' report, total unrestricted reserves stood at £127,700, which is above the target stated in previous financial statements. The charity remains committed to securing financial support to sustain its bursary programme amid challenging economic conditions.

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 4 of 6 completeness components.

Inspection and regulatory ratings

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• Ofsted — London Vocational Ballet School: Good (NULL) · Ofsted

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
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/08/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~2.1 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (78% 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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Giada Vercellichair
• Alastair Wilson
• Cira Robinson
• Esther Kentish
• Hannah Elizabeth Kelly
• Isabella Sharp
• Isabelle Brouwers
• Margaret Martin-Ward
• Shumaila Farooqui

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

Operates in: Throughout London

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