SURFACE AREA DANCE THEATRE

Registered charity 1202467 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SURFACE AREA DANCE THEATRE CIC

Through sharing expertise in dance and associated arts, to engage with, encourage, support, and develop established and emerging D/deaf and hearing artists, individuals, and communities.To collaboratively produce and perform inspirational dance and associated artistic work.To empower D/deaf, disabled, and other marginalised people to achieve leadership roles in the arts and creative industrie

Objects

1. TO ADVANCE EDUCATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN THE ARTS, IN PARTICULAR THE ART OF DANCE AND ASSOCIATED ARTS, FOR THOSE WHO IDENTIFY AS HAVING SENSORY, PHYSICAL OR LEARNING DISABILITIES INCLUDING BY THE PROVISION OF OPPORTUNITIES FOR SUCH PEOPLE TO PARTICIPATE AND TAKE PART IN PUBLIC PERFORMANCE.2.TO RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF PEOPLE WHO IDENTIFY AS HAVING OR ARE CONSIDERED TO HAVE SENSORY, PHYSICAL OR LEARNING DISABILITIES BY:A) PROVIDING OPPORTUNITIES THROUGH THE ARTS FOR SUCH PEOPLE TO DEVELOP THE SKILLS, CAPACITIES, AND CAPABILITIES AND TO ENABLE THEIR GREATER PARTICIPATION IN SOCIETY;B) RAISING PUBLIC AWARENESS OF THE PARTICIPATION OF SUCH PEOPLE IN THE ARTS AND IN PUBLIC PERFORMANCE AND EVENTS.3. THE PROMOTION OF EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY THE ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION ON THE GROUNDS OF DISABILITY.

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Disability · Arts/culture/heritage/science · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Sunderland, North East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported an operating surplus of £14,159 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with unrestricted reserves increasing to £122,048. Per the trustees' report, these reserves are considered prudent and exceed the stated policy target of £37,000–£42,000. The trustees confirm the charity is a going concern with a secure immediate future, despite noting uncertainty regarding the extension of Arts Council England funding.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

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Policies the charity declares

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• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
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• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
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• 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

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.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Jeffery Martin Deanchair
• Carol Blythe
• David Sharp
• Elizabeth Louise Pavey
• Fusako Innami
• Janet Bosson
• Joel Daniel
• Rachel Boyd
• VALERIE MILNES · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Throughout England

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