UNION DANCE TRUST LIMITED

Registered charity 327347 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as UNION DANCE

Union Dance delivers high quality dance experiences and extends the boundaries of dance by creating memorable, collaborative projects. The Company creates dance through the arts and digital as a tool to train young people develop confidence and skills in self-expression and creativity, extending the boundaries of contemporary dance practice and nurturing emerging young dancers and choreographers.

Objects

TO ADVANCE PUBLIC EDUCATION BY ENCOURAGING THE UNDERSTANDING APPRECIATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE ART OF DANCE ANYWHERE IN THE UNITED KINGDOM BY PROVIDING PRESENTING PRODUCING ORGANISING MANAGING AND CONDUCTING PERFORMANCES OF ALL FORMS OF DANCE.

Area of benefit: UNITED KINDOM

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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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net income of £1,818 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in total funds of £41,390. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted funds increased to £40,013, while restricted funds remained stable at £1,305. The trustees confirmed there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

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.

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
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Engaging external speakers at charity events 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
• Investment
• Paying staff
• 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

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 02088522

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• The National Lottery — “We’re incredibly lucky to be continuously funded by the National Lottery since the London 2012 Olympics.” (source page)

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.

• LEAL-JOHN, Aleksi — director, appointed 08/02/2024not on trustee list
• DIXON, Bill — director, appointed 29/10/2022not on trustee list
• SHAND, Nathan — director, appointed 29/10/2022not on trustee list
• GRAHAM, Otis Paul — director, appointed 01/10/2022not on trustee list
• JONES, Melanie — director, appointed 25/02/2016not on trustee list
• WEDDERBURN, Clive — director, appointed 01/12/2014on trustee list
• MASON, Broderick Peter — director, appointed 23/11/1998on trustee list

Official officers record.

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Alekis Leal-John
• BRODERICK PETER MASON
• Christina Ioanou
• Clive Wedderburn
• HAROLD WILLIAM O'DELL DIXON
• Seung Yun Lee OXLEY OXLEY

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

Operates in: Brighton And Hove · Throughout London

Income and spending

Common questions

Government & lottery funding

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