PHOENIX DANCE THEATRE

Registered charity 516672 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Dance repertoire and educational activities, promoting contemporary dance in Leeds, West Yorkshire and the UK.

Objects

TO PROMOTE, MAINTAIN, IMPROVE AND ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE ARTS AND SCIENCES AND IN PARTICULAR THE ART AND SCIENCE OF DANCE BY THE PRESENTATION OF PUBLIC PERFORMANCES AND OTHER SIMILAR ACTIVITIES.

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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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported an overall deficit of £182,323 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in unrestricted reserves falling to a deficit of £141,869. The trustees acknowledge that the charity does not currently meet its reserves policy but consider there to be no material uncertainties regarding its ability to continue as a going concern, citing secured Arts Council England funding until 2026/27 and a positive cashflow forecast for the next 12 months.

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
• Complaints handling
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Funders the charity credits

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

• Arts Council England — “Statutory Funders Arts Council England” (source page)
• Baily Thomas Charitable Fund — “Trust & Foundation Supporters Baily Thomas Charitable Fund” (source page)

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)

Reported reserves equal ~0.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (61% 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

• Cordelia Redwood-Sawyerrchair
• Chris Wright
• Dominic Leclerc
• Dr Christelle Kerouedan
• Errol Nicholas Justin White
• Louise Katerega
• Luella Jean Rebbeck
• Marshah Dixon-Terry
• Mx Lauren van Zyl
• Philippa Plumtree-Varley

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

Operates in: Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with LEEDS THEATRE TRUST LIMITED.

• LEEDS THEATRE TRUST LIMITED income £9.7m
• Yorkshire Ballet Seminars income £381k
• LONDON CONTEMPORARY DANCE (THE PLACE) LIMITED income £10.8m
• PHOENIX DANCE & GYMNASTICS income £186k
• EAST LONDON DANCE income £566k
• LEEDS CULTURE TRUST income £10.3m

Side by side with its peers

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