MOTION CONTROL DANCE

Registered charity 1161551 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as MCD

Motion Control Dance enriches lives through movement whilst breaking down barriers and create positive attributes for life. Our vision is to 'advance the education of people all ages, living in the Vale of Glamorgan through provision of dance classes, workshops, and performance opportunities.'

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE:TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF PEOPLE OF ALL AGES, LIVING IN THE VALE OF GLAMORGAN AND THE SURROUNDING AREAS, IN THE PERFORMING ARTS, PARTICULARLY THE ART OF DANCE, FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC, IN PARTICULAR THROUGH THE PROVISION OF CLASSES, TRAINING, WORKSHOPS AND PERFORMANCE OPPORTUNITIES.

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 · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net income of £13,336 for the year ended 31 August 2025, with total income of £151,326 and total expenditure of £135,928. The trustees note that accruals of £22,000 are carried forward, covering core costs from awarded grants for the upcoming season. The charity aims to maintain unrestricted reserves at approximately £20,000 to cover eventualities, though current reserves are stated to be £15,000.

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 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
• Campaigns and political activity 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
• 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

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Motion Control Dance Studio (matched by registered charity number).

Funders the charity credits

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

• People Postcode Lottery — “Core Funding from People Postcode Lottery” (source page)
• People’s Postcode Lottery — “Motion Control Dance Receives Vital Funding from People’s Postcode Lottery for Core Costs” (source page)

Trustees · trustee networks

• Catherine Earon Ashfordchair
• Helen Passey
• Lewis Hodder
• Robert Oros
• Rodica Nita

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

Operates in: Vale Of Glamorgan

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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Charities like this

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

• DANCEWEST LONDON LIMITED income £315k
• ACS DANCE CENTRE income £256k
• DANCERS' CAREER DEVELOPMENT income £708k
• DANCEBOX THEATRE WORKS income £1.5m
• CHISENHALE DANCE SPACE income £243k
• WELSH DANCE THEATRE TRUST LIMITED income £598k

Side by side with its peers

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