LONDON CONTEMPORARY DANCE (THE PLACE) LIMITED

Registered charity 250216 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CONTEMPORARY DANCE TRUST LIMITED, THE PLACE

The principal activity of The Place is the development of contemporary dance through a higher education establishment, producing and touring work, a theatre and other artistic and educational activities.

Causes: Education/training · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Other Charitable Purposes · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity recorded a surplus on unrestricted funds of £13,807 for the year ended 31 July 2025, with total unrestricted reserves standing at £3,898,587. Per the trustees' report, these free reserves comfortably exceed the stated policy target of retaining a minimum of 2.5 months' unrestricted expenditure (approximately £1.8m). The Board remains satisfied that the charity is a going concern, with sufficient cash resources to meet working capital requirements for at least 12 months.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by HaysMac LLP. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 00883094
• Trading subsidiary: PLACE PRODUCTIONS LIMITED Companies House 09242999

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.

• BLAKE, John David — director, appointed 01/08/2026on trustee list
• THAKORE, Urja — director, appointed 01/08/2026on trustee list
• BROWN, Veronica Tanya Marie, Professor — director, appointed 01/03/2026on trustee list
• KINGSTON, Antony George — director, appointed 01/09/2025on trustee list
• JACKSON, Molly Margaret — director, appointed 01/09/2025on trustee list
• ORR, Susan Kathleen, Professor — director, appointed 01/09/2025on trustee list
• SANDERSON, James Craig — director, appointed 01/09/2025on trustee list
• BAGLIN, Lisa Claire — director, appointed 01/06/2023on trustee list
• BLACKBURN, David Robert — director, appointed 22/03/2023on trustee list
• BAILEY, Helen Louise, Dr — director, appointed 22/03/2023on trustee list
• RAHIMI, Shaparak — director, appointed 01/06/2022on trustee list
• SIMPSON, Elizabeth Jane Wilson — director, appointed 25/03/2022on trustee list
• ASANTE, Michael Frederick — director, appointed 01/05/2020on trustee list
• SARMA, Eva Devi — director, appointed 01/05/2020on trustee list

Official officers record.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/07/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~4.2 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (89% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 7.1% of total income — above the median for charities its size (3.8%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Antony George Kingston
• David Robert Blackburn
• Dr Helen Louise Bailey
• Elizabeth Simpson
• Eva Devi Sarma
• James Craig Sanderson
• Lisa Claire Baglin
• Michael Frederick Asante
• Molly Margaret Jackson
• Professor John David Blake
• Professor Susan Kathleen Orr
• Shaparak Rahimi
• Urja Thakore
• Veronica Tanya Marie Brown

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Side by side with its peers

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