BLINK DANCE THEATRE CIO

Registered charity 1208838 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BLINK DANCE THEATRE, BLINK DANCE THEATRE COMMUNITY INTEREST COMPANY

PERFORMING ARTS, TRAINING WORKSHOPS, PRODUCTIONS, EDUCATIONAL WORKSHOPS TO HELP NEURODIVERGENT AND LEARNING DISABLED PEOPLE DEVELOP AND GAIN NEW SKILLS AND TO RAISE PUBLIC AWARENESS OF THE ISSUES AFFECTING SUCH PEOPLE, BOTH GENERALLY AND IN RELATION TO THEIR SOCIAL EXCLUSION.

Objects

TO PROMOTE SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY PREVENTING PEOPLE FROM BECOMING SOCIALLY EXCLUDED AND RELIEVING THE NEEDS OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED, PARTICULARLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY THROUGH PERFORMING ARTS, TRAINING AND WORKSHOPS AND PROVIDING PERFORMING ARTS PRODUCTIONS, TRAINING AND EDUCATIONAL WORKSHOPS TO HELP NEURODIVERGENT AND LEARNING DISABLED PEOPLE DEVELOP AND GAIN NEW SKILLS AND TO RAISE PUBLIC AWARENESS OF THE ISSUES AFFECTING SUCH PEOPLE, BOTH GENERALLY AND IN RELATION TO THEIR SOCIAL EXCLUSION.FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS CLAUSE 'SOCIALLY EXCLUDED' MEANS BEING EXCLUDED FROM SOCIETY, OR PART OF SOCIETY, AS A RESULT OF BEING NEURODIVERGENT OR LEARNING DISABLED.

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

Causes: Education/training · Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Wandsworth, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£435k
Latest spending
£399k
Registered
2024
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total income increased to £434,780 from £380,416 in the prior year, resulting in a net surplus of £25,237. The charity's unrestricted reserves stood at £71,790, which is below the stated policy target of £85,941. The Independent Examiner confirmed that no material matters were identified during the examination.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Arts Council England (60% of income)
“Arts Council England 258,599” — page 29
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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.

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

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2025

  • Volunteers: 2
  • Government income: £264,599 — grants £264,599 (2); 61% of the £434,780 total gross income on the same return

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

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Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£435k£399k

Common questions

Is BLINK DANCE THEATRE CIO financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total income increased to £434,780 from £380,416 in the prior year, resulting in a net surplus of £25,237. The charity's unrestricted reserves stood at £71,790, which is below the stated policy target of £85,941. The Independent Examiner confirmed that no material matters were identified during the examination. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds BLINK DANCE THEATRE CIO?

Funders whose own accounts filings name BLINK DANCE THEATRE CIO as a grant recipient include HAMMERSMITH UNITED CHARITIES.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
HAMMERSMITH UNITED CHARITIESFY2024£7kGrant will help to develop and enrich their performing arts programme, of which there are 4 sessions a week, delivering to 47 + learning disabled adults.

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
UK government13/10/2022£259kNational Portfolio Organisations

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with ACS DANCE CENTRE.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
BLINK DANCE THEATRE CIO£435k—0unclear—no doubt
ACS DANCE CENTRE FY2025£256k—0unclear—no doubt
AUTIN DANCE THEATRE CIO FY2025£433k—0above—no doubt
DANCERS' CAREER DEVELOPMENT FY2025£708k£70,001 - £80,0001unclear—no doubt
ICANDANCE FY2025£255k—0unclear—no doubt
ENPOINTE DANCE COMPANY FY2026£62k——unclear—no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.