LINE DANCE FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1164708 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The object of the charity is to relieve financial hardship among persons who make their living working in the line dancing industry and their dependants by providing financial and other forms of support including assisting in the treatment and care of such persons who are suffering from illness of any description or who are in need of rehabilitation as a result of such illness.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE SPECIFICALLY RESTRICTED TO THE FOLLOWING:(1) TO RELIEVE POVERTY OR FINANCIAL HARDSHIP AMONG PERSONS WHO WHOLLY OR PARTLY MAKE THEIR LIVING WORKING IN THE LINE DANCING INDUSTRY AND THEIR DEPENDANTS BY PROVIDING FINANCIAL AND OTHER FORMS OF SUPPORT INCLUDING (BUT WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING) ASSISTING IN THE TREATMENT AND CARE OF SUCH PERSONS WHO ARE SUFFERING FROM ILLNESS OF ANY DESCRIPTION OR WHO ARE IN NEED OF REHABILITATION AS A RESULT OF SUCH ILLNESS AND WHO HAVE FALLEN INTO POVERTY OR FINANCIAL HARDSHIP AS A RESULT OF SUCH ILLNESS;(2) FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT TO PROMOTE THE EDUCATION AND TRAINING OF PEOPLE IN SUBJECTS RELATING TO DANCE AND THE PERFORMING ARTS IN SUCH WAYS AS THE TRUSTEES THINK FIT, INCLUDING BY AWARDING TO SUCH PERSONS SCHOLARSHIPS, MAINTENANCE ALLOWANCES OR GRANTS TENABLE AT ANY UNIVERSITY, COLLEGE OR INSTITUTION OF HIGHER OR FURTHER EDUCATION;(3) THE PROMOTION OF COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION IN HEALTHY RECREATION IN PARTICULAR BY THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES AND THE ORGANISATION OF OPPORTUNITIES FOR PARTICIPATION IN LINE DANCING.(4) FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSE OR PURPOSES ACCORDING TO THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION DETERMINE FROM TIME TO TIME.

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 reported a net expenditure deficit of £4,503 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in total funds decreasing to £79,839 from £84,342 in the prior year. The trustees note that the charity has minimal operating costs and does not require significant free reserves, indicating a lean operational structure despite the current year loss.

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.

• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Trustees · trustee networks

• ELIZABETH DRUMMONDchair
• Helen O'Malley
• Lyndsey Alexandra Naylor
• Margaret May Gallagher

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

Operates in: Australia · Austria · Belgium · British Indian Ocean Territory · British Virgin Islands · Canada · China · Czech Republic · Denmark · Finland · France · Germany

Income and spending

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