NATIONAL DANCE COMPANY WALES
Registered charity 326227 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as DIVERSIONS DANCE LIMITED, DIVERSIONS THE DANCE COMPANY OF WALES
The principal activity of the company throughout the year was that of the National Dance Company Wales, which it undertakes in pursuit of its charitable objective of advancing the arts and education.
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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £160,360 for the year, resulting in total funds of £157,078, a significant improvement from the previous year's deficit. The trustees confirm that free reserves stood at £73,040, noting that the organization is in a stronger position to navigate future challenges despite funding pressures.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Reserves policy: £250,000 within three years (held: £73k)
“We are in the process of building free reserves with the aim of achieving £250,000 within three years.” — page 8
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Aggregate donations received from trustees
“Aggregate donations received from trustees during the year amounted to £170 (2024: £60). There were no further related party transactions for the year ended 31 March 2025 that require disclosure.” — page 32
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by Bevan Buckland LLP. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.
Year-over-year changes
- Going concern: material uncertainty (FY2024) → no going-concern doubt (FY2025).
Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.
Corporate structure
Leadership, per the charity’s website
- Amanda Roberts — Executive Director (& Joint CEO) (source)
Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.
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.
- OWEN, Eluned — director, appointed 06/08/2025on trustee list
- JENKINS, Jamie — director, appointed 06/08/2025on trustee list
- ARCHER-WILLIAMS, Hefin Wynne — director, appointed 06/08/2025on trustee list
- ROARSON, Gentiana Dana — director, appointed 06/08/2025on trustee list
- ULYATT, Ceri — director, appointed 06/08/2025on trustee list
- OLIVER, Stacey — director, appointed 05/06/2024on trustee list
- DAVIES, Joanna Margaret — director, appointed 05/06/2024on trustee list
- THORNE, Alison — director, appointed 27/07/2022on trustee list
- MARTIR MARTINEZ, Tupac Amaruc — director, appointed 02/06/2021not on trustee list
- LOWE, Krystal Stephanie Brianna — director, appointed 02/06/2021on trustee list
- ALLEN, Cathryn Jane — director, appointed 02/06/2021on trustee list
Official officers record.
Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)
Cost of raising funds
£315
Reported reserves equal ~0.7 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (83% 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 (5.2%) (benchmarks).
Register events
- Received assets from another charity (12/08/2011) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- Received assets from another charity (12/08/2011) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- Alison Thornechair · trustee of 1 other charity
- Cathryn Allen
- Ceri Ulyatt · trustee of 1 other charity
- Eluned Owen
- Emma Flatley
- Gentiana Dana Roarson
- Hefin Archer-Williams
- Jamie Jenkins
- Joanna Davies
- Krystal Stephanie Brianna Lowe
- Stacey Oliver
- Tupac Amaruc Martir Martinez
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Germany · Throughout England And Wales
Income and spending
Common questions
Is NATIONAL DANCE COMPANY WALES financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £160,360 for the year, resulting in total funds of £157,078, a significant improvement from the previous year's deficit. The trustees confirm that free reserves stood at £73,040, noting that the organization is in a stronger position to navigate future challenges despite funding pressures. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Bevan Buckland LLP.
Who funds NATIONAL DANCE COMPANY WALES?
Funders whose own accounts filings name NATIONAL DANCE COMPANY WALES as a grant recipient include CYNGOR CELFYDDYDAU CYMRU, COLWINSTON CHARITABLE TRUST, THE RATCLIFF FOUNDATION, THE FENTON ARTS TRUST, THE JOHN S COHEN FOUNDATION.
Known funders
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