COMPANY OF OTHERS

Registered charity 1190629 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Company of Others is a dance theatre company based in the North East of England, led by Artistic Director and Choreographer Nadia Iftkhar. We collaborate with people who have experience of being 'othered' by the society we live in, to co-create dance theatre experiences which highlight and share stories of the human experience through their lens. Our values are Artistry, Equity and Integrity

Objects

FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, THE ADVANCEMENT OF CONTEMPORARY DANCE, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY THROUGH THE COMMISSIONING AND PRODUCING PUBLIC PERFORMANCES, DANCE SESSIONS, WORKSHOPS AND EDUCATIONAL EVENTS AND MATERIAL USING FILM, MUSIC, VISUAL ARTS AND OTHER THEATRE RELATED ART FORMS.

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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Registered contact address: Newcastle upon Tyne, North East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported an unrestricted surplus of £11,237 for the year ended 5 April 2025, bringing total unrestricted reserves to £150,157. This figure exceeds the trustees' stated policy target of £104,300, which is based on four months' running costs. The trustees note that delays in appointing key staff have postponed some projects, and they expect to use the excess reserves in the next financial period.

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
• 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
• 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

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 10016228 · Financial health read from its filings

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.

• BIRT, Allison — director, appointed 23/04/2026on trustee list
• VEIGA LELA, Carina De Jesus — director, appointed 14/07/2025not on trustee list
• AHMAD, Syed Nadeem — director, appointed 27/01/2025on trustee list
• WHALLEY, Gareth — director, appointed 31/01/2024on trustee list
• MONTESI, Vanessa, Dr. — director, appointed 31/01/2024on trustee list
• WIGGINS, Louise — director, appointed 25/01/2022on trustee list
• IFTKHAR, Nadia — director, appointed 19/02/2016on trustee list
• YARNELL, Laura Elizabeth — secretary, appointed 10/08/2026

Official officers record.

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Trustees · trustee networks

• Allison Birt
• Carina de Jesus Veiga Lela
• Dr Vanessa Montesi
• Gareth Whalley
• Louise Wiggins
• Nadia Iftkhar
• Odeth Richardson · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with SECOND HAND DANCE LIMITED.

• SECOND HAND DANCE LIMITED income £404k
• THE COMPANY income £63k
• ALTERNATIVE THEATRE COMPANY LIMITED income £2.7m

Side by side with its peers

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