CHISENHALE DANCE SPACE

Registered charity 288149 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CHISENHALE DANCE SPACE LIMITED

We support the development of artists, the participation in dance by the community, and the development of cutting edge dance and movement practice and debate. We do this by:- offering bespoke artistic advice, space and time for professional development, sharings and events.- running workshops and classes for the diverse communities of East London

Objects

TO PROMOTE, MAINTAIN, IMPROVE AND ADVANCE EDUCATION, PARTICULARLY BY THE PRODUCTION AND PERFORMANCE OF DANCE, BALLET AND SIMILAR CHOREOGRAPHIC ARTS, AND THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF THE ARTS, INCLUDING THE ARTS OF DANCE, CHOREOGRAPHY, MUSIC, DRAMA, MIME, SINGING, LITERATURE, SCULPTURE AND PAINTING.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

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: Tower Hamlets, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated an operating surplus of £14,603 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total income of £243,096 against expenditure of £228,493. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £49,699, which exceeds the stated policy target of three months' operating costs (calculated as approximately £44,000). The trustees note that they are prioritizing the increase of general cash reserves to mitigate risks associated with the aging building and potential lease changes.

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 5 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
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• 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
• 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.

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.

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Register events

• Received assets from another charity (03/07/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Nicola Collette Napierchair
• Bakani Pick-Up
• Kelly Maxwell-Pear
• Milica Vukovic-Smart
• Naomi Taylor
• Sally Rose
• Tessa Gillett
• Tomoyo Miyakawa
• Urja Desai Thakore

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

Operates in: Tower Hamlets

Income and spending

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

• CHESHIRE DANCE WORKSHOP LIMITED income £637k
• LONDON CONTEMPORARY DANCE (THE PLACE) LIMITED income £10.8m
• IMPERMANENCE DANCE THEATRE income £304k
• CIRENCESTER DANCE CLUB income £94k
• DANCEWEST LONDON LIMITED income £315k
• SURFACE AREA DANCE THEATRE income £251k

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