DANCESYNDROME

Registered charity 1152664 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

DS enables People With Learning Disabilities to be active and visible citizens and provides opportunities that increase health and well-being. DS's dance leaders' with learning disabilities deliver inclusive dance workshops in local communities in the North West. DS creates meaningful activities that increase the life chances of PWLD and stimulate community cohesion through inclusive approaches.

Objects

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN THE ART OF DANCE AND IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY FOR THE LEARNING DISABLED.

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 · Disability · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Amateur Sport · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Hyndburn, North West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£419k

Latest spending

£416k

Registered

2013

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity achieved a net income of £3,354 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in total unrestricted funds of £87,308. The trustees report that the financial position is satisfactory and that reserves are maintained in line with the stated policy of three to six months' expenditure. The charity operates on a going concern basis with adequate resources for the foreseeable future.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three to six months' expenditure (held: £87k)

“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 6

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
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
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

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2025

Volunteers: 15
Government income: £20,000 — contracts £10,000 (1), grants £10,000 (1); 5% of the £419,353 total gross income on the same return
Employees paid over £60,000: 1 (£60,001–£70,000: 1)

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2024

Volunteers: 15
Government income: £10,000 — contracts £10,000 (1); 3% of the £366,137 total gross income on the same return
Employees paid over £60,000: 1 (£60,001–£70,000: 1)

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2023

Government income: £42,943 — grants £42,943 (3); 14% of the £312,948 total gross income on the same return

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — DanceSyndrome (matched by registered charity number).

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

Register events

Received assets from another charity (18/09/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

Malcolm Blackwellchair
Alexandra Elena Dinu
Cat Young
Elizabeth Kinkead
JAMIE WATERALL
JENNIFER SUSAN BLACKWELL
John Edward Burrow
Louise Witham
Peter Pamphlett
Purmina Murthy Tanuku
Rachel Maria Drazek
Rebecca Leanne Peart
SUSAN ELIZABETH BLACKWELL GRSM, ARCM

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

Operates in: Blackburn With Darwen · Bolton · Lancashire · Manchester City · Salford City · Stockport · Trafford · Wigan

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£419k	£416k
31/03/2024	£366k	£371k
31/03/2023	£313k	£250k
31/03/2022	£151k	£206k
31/03/2021	£190k	£124k

Common questions

Is DANCESYNDROME financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity achieved a net income of £3,354 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in total unrestricted funds of £87,308. The trustees report that the financial position is satisfactory and that reserves are maintained in line with the stated policy of three to six months' expenditure. The charity operates on a going concern basis with adequate resources for the foreseeable future. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds DANCESYNDROME?

Funders whose own accounts filings name DANCESYNDROME as a grant recipient include PETER HARRISON FOUNDATION, THE THOMAS WALL TRUST, THE REED FOUNDATION, SIR JULES THORN CHARITABLE TRUST, THE FORBES CHARITABLE FOUNDATION.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
PETER HARRISON FOUNDATION	FY2024	£20k	towards the costs of delivering the Dance by Example’ leadership training course over 2 years for disabled and non-disabled people facing disadvantage
THE THOMAS WALL TRUST	FY2024	£5k
THE REED FOUNDATION	FY2022	£4k	Christmas Challenge
SIR JULES THORN CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2023	£3k	Ann Rylands Small Donations
THE FORBES CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	FY2025	£3k

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
Sport England	01/12/2025	£12k	Inclusive Dance Sessions - disabled Children/Young People
The National Lottery Community Fund	04/11/2024	£18k	Everybody Move Together: Inclusive Community Dance Sessions
Sport England	01/11/2023	£15k	DanceSyndrome: Youth Collective & Youth Outreach
The National Lottery Community Fund	27/05/2022	£179k	Everybody Move More
The National Lottery Community Fund	14/05/2021	£10k	Everybody dance
The National Lottery Community Fund	15/08/2019	£10k	Everybody Dance
The National Lottery Community Fund	18/04/2013	£10k	DS in the Community

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 NATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR YOUTH MUSIC	1	£17k
TALBOT VILLAGE TRUST	1	£16k
THE ALICE ELLEN COOPER-DEAN CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	1	£10k
THE TRUE COLOURS TRUST	1	£5k
BOURNE FREE	1	£1k
THE AUSTIN AND HOPE PILKINGTON TRUST	1	£1k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with DANCEWEST LONDON LIMITED.

DANCEWEST LONDON LIMITED income £315k
DOWN SYNDROME TRAINING AND SUPPORT SERVICE LIMITED income £161k
PAVILION DANCE SOUTH WEST LIMITED income £1.1m
DANCE ACTION ZONE LEEDS / DAZL income £218k
EDUCATIONAL DANCE PROVISION SERVICES income £100k
DANCE READING income £2k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
DANCESYNDROME	£419k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
DANCEWEST LONDON LIMITED FY2025	£315k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
DOWN SYNDROME TRAINING AND SUPPORT SERVICE LIMITED FY2026	£161k	—	0	below	—	no doubt
PAVILION DANCE SOUTH WEST LIMITED FY2025	£1.1m	—	0	above	—	no doubt
DANCE ACTION ZONE LEEDS / DAZL FY2025	£218k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
EDUCATIONAL DANCE PROVISION SERVICES FY2025	£100k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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