THE HISTORICAL DANCE SOCIETY

Registered charity 1178919 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

We promote historical dance.

Objects

THE PROMOTION OF THE STUDY, PRACTICE, EDUCATION, AND PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT IN THE PERFORMANCE, MUSIC, AND COSTUME OF EUROPEAN AND OTHER DANCES FROM THE 15TH TO 20TH CENTURIES AS RECORDED IN THE SOURCES OF THE PERIOD.

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 generated a surplus of £6,477 for the year, with total income of £29,198 against payments of £22,721. Per the trustees' report, the charity operates solely with volunteers, engages in no fundraising, and maintains a strong financial position with unrestricted reserves of approximately £37,374.

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.

• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

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

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (17/09/2020) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Lynne Spicerchair
• Christopher Paul Southon · trustee of 2 other charities
• Debra Brown
• Dr ANNE DAYE
• Dr Hillary Burlock
• Helen Young
• RICHARD DAVID SMITHIES
• STEPHEN RICHARD COLLINS

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

Operates in: Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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