STREETZ AHEAD PERFORMING ARTS SCHOOL

Registered charity 1160702 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Streetz Ahead is a registered charity that provides dance, performing arts and mentoring opportunities to over 1000 young people every week. They believe that dance is essential to a healthy society. They are committed to serving the under-represented, to families who may not have the means to fund or access local provision and to those struggling with their mental health.

Objects

To advance the education, mental health and wellbeing of children and young people up to 21 years of age through the art of dance, drama, music, performance mentoring and therapy.

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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Registered contact address: Haringey, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £27,401 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total funds from £168,288 to £140,887. The trustees confirm that resources are adequate and no material uncertainties exist regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

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.

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
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• 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

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

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

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• Beyond Mental Health Charity — “Beyond Mental Health Charity funds our BASE provisions and supports our work in schools.” (source page)
• Big Lottery Fund — “Reaching Communities has funded two of our Dance Giants programmes, helping 600 children develop physical and mental fitness for life.” (source page)
• GLA — “The GLA funds our Dance Giants projects, supporting young people at risk of exclusion.” (source page)
• Jack Petchey Foundation — “The Jack Petchey Foundation supports our programme by awarding high achievers with recognition for their exceptional leadership and accompli…” (source page)
• London Funders — “London Funders play a vital role in supporting us by evaluating our funding applications and providing crucial financial backing. They’ve fu…” (source page)
• London Youth — “London Youth funds our Dance Giants – Dance and Mentoring Programme, providing essential training and guiding us towards achieving the Arts …” (source page)
• Postcode Community Trust — “Postcode Community Trust funded a mentoring programme to support young people during lockdown, providing essential guidance during a challen…” (source page)

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

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (05/10/2016) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• SYLVIA LAHAVchair
• Darren Cope
• Harsh Jain
• Kate Bass
• Melloney Witter
• Susan James

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

Operates in: Brent · Enfield · Haringey · Newham

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with STRETFORD CHILDREN'S THEATRE.

• STRETFORD CHILDREN'S THEATRE income £38k
• EAST STREET ARTS income £1.3m
• STREATS LTD income £30k
• NEW LONDON PERFORMING ARTS CENTRE LIMITED income £651k
• STEPS AHEAD LTD income £53k
• MIDDLETON POPSTARS ACADEMY OF PERFORMING ARTS LTD income £46k

Side by side with its peers

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