WELSH DANCE THEATRE TRUST LIMITED

Registered charity 269068 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as RUBICON DANCE

Community Dance work.

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Latest income
£598k
Latest spending
£607k
Registered
1975
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £9,328 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total income of £598,061 and total expenditure of £607,389. The trustees note that the charity's finances are reliant on donor generosity and face longer-term risks due to the end of multi-year funding from Arts Council Wales. Despite this, the trustees confirm adequate resources for going concern purposes.

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.

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Total income
£598k
Total spending
£607k
Reserves (reported)
£50k
Employees
17

Reported reserves equal ~1.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (84% 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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Cardiff · Newport City · Vale Of Glamorgan

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£598k£607k
31/03/2024£570k£517k
31/03/2023£674k£789k
31/03/2022£576k£698k
31/03/2021£594k£533k

Common questions

Is WELSH DANCE THEATRE TRUST LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £9,328 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total income of £598,061 and total expenditure of £607,389. The trustees note that the charity's finances are reliant on donor generosity and face longer-term risks due to the end of multi-year funding from Arts Council Wales. Despite this, the trustees confirm adequate resources for going concern purposes. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds WELSH DANCE THEATRE TRUST LIMITED?

Funders whose own accounts filings name WELSH DANCE THEATRE TRUST LIMITED as a grant recipient include CYNGOR CELFYDDYDAU CYMRU.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
CYNGOR CELFYDDYDAU CYMRUFY2023£200kCore funding
CYNGOR CELFYDDYDAU CYMRUFY2023£6kCost-of-living support

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
Postcode Lottery08/09/2025£50kMillionaire Street 2025 09w3
Postcode Lottery29/03/2024£25kUnrestricted Funding
UK government06/10/2020£19kVSCE CMC Fund
The National Lottery Community Fund22/09/2020£10kCOVID-19 - Rubicon Dance Digital Youth Dance Programme
The National Lottery Community Fund24/01/2019£10kStroke Recovery Dance Programme
The National Lottery Community Fund12/11/2016£2k40Festival

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 NATIONAL DANCE COMPANY WALES.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
WELSH DANCE THEATRE TRUST LIMITED£598k—0unclear—no doubt
NATIONAL DANCE COMPANY WALES FY2025£1.4m—0unclear—no doubt
THE TORCH THEATRE COMPANY LIMITED FY2025£1.9m—0below—no doubt
BOYS' AND GIRLS' CLUBS OF WALES FY2025£748k—0unclear—noted
DANCEWEST LONDON LIMITED FY2025£315k—0unclear—no doubt
NATIONAL YOUTH ARTS WALES FY2025£1.2m£60,001 - £70,0001within—no doubt

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