SEETA PATEL DANCE LIMITED

Registered charity 1190197 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

A charity dedicated to the production of high-quality performance works that tour the UK, representing advocating for, and raising the profile of the South Asian Indian dance form of Bharatanatyam.

Objects

TO ADVANCE KNOWLEDGE AND APPRECIATION OF THE ARTS AND CULTURE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC BY THE PROMOTION IN PARTICULAR, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, OF THE ART OF DANCE INCLUDING BY: • THE PRODUCTION OF HIGH-QUALITY PERFORMANCE WORKS THAT TOUR BOTH IN THE UK AND INTERNATIONALLY.• REPRESENTING, ADVOCATING FOR, AND RAISING THE PROFILE OF THE SOUTH INDIAN DANCE FORM OF BHARATANATYAM IN CLASSICAL AND CONTEMPORARY CONTEXTS FOR EXISTING AND NEW AUDIENCES.

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 an unrestricted surplus of £43,150 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in unrestricted reserves of £330,932. The trustees consider the financial performance satisfactory and confirm the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence. Reserves currently exceed the stated policy target of six months' expenditure (£120,000).

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
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 12310843

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Seeta Patel Dance (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).

• Arts Council England — “Seeta Patel Dance is an Arts Council England National Portfolio Organisation” (source page)

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• TURNER, Nigel Clifford — director, appointed 28/07/2026on trustee list
• PENZO, Vanessa Rita — director, appointed 28/04/2026on trustee list
• KESTEVEN, Anneliese — director, appointed 28/04/2025on trustee list
• ABBAM, Petra — director, appointed 28/04/2025on trustee list
• DONAWA, Sonya — director, appointed 03/03/2025on trustee list
• SOLANO, Natasha — director, appointed 03/03/2025on trustee list
• KUMAR, Anupma, Dr — director, appointed 16/09/2024on trustee list

Official officers record.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Anneliese Kesteven
• Dr Anupma Kumar
• NIGEL TURNER · trustee of 3 other charities
• Natasha Solano · trustee of 1 other charity
• Petra Abbam
• Sonya Donawa
• Vanessa Penzo

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

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

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Side by side with its peers

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