SLIDE DANCE LIMITED

Registered charity 1164827 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SOUTH LONDON INCLUSIVE DANCE EXPERIENCE

SLiDE creates engaging and exciting opportunities for people to encounter dance. Our work seeks to include all areas of society and to expand understanding of what dance is and can be. We run dance classes and projects mainly in south London boroughs such as Croydon, Bromley and Sutton. We work in partnership with the Brit school, St Giles SEN School and Club Soda.

Objects

TO ADVANCE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT THE PERFORMING ARTS, FOR PEOPLE OF ALL ABILITIES, THROUGH THE PROVISION OF ACCESSIBLE WORKSHOPS, CLASSES, EVENTS AND PERFORMANCES IN DANCE AND ASSOCIATED ART FORMS.TO ADVANCE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT EDUCATION AND TRAINING IN INCLUSIVE ARTS PRACTICE IN DANCE AND ASSOCIATED ART FORMS.

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 · Economic/community Development/employment · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £26,980 for the year ended 31 August 2025, with total expenditure exceeding total income. Despite this, unrestricted reserves increased to £39,403, which the trustees note is above their stated policy target of £15,000. The trustees consider the organisation to be in a more stable and resilient financial position than in previous years, although they acknowledge ongoing challenges with restricted funding and rising operational costs.

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
• 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

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Trustees · trustee networks

• Charlotte Hilliard
• Christopher Hutchings · trustee of 1 other charity
• Demelza Watts
• Dr Charlotte Young
• Helen Bryer
• Roxanne Blankson
• Zina Asirifi

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

Operates in: Throughout London

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Government & lottery funding

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