ONE DANCE UK

Registered charity 801552 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as DANCE U.K., DANCE UK - THE NATIONAL FORUM FOR DANCE

ONE DANCE UK IS THE NATIONAL VOICE FOR DANCE, ADVOCATING FOR THE INCREASED PROFILE OF DANCE IN ALL ITS DIVERSE AND DYNAMIC FORMS. BY WORKING WITH AND ON BEHALF OF THE DANCE SECTOR, ONE DANCE UK AIMS TO PROMOTE SUSTAINABLE, LONGER DANCE CAREERS AND TO IMPROVE THE CONDITIONS IN WHICH DANCE IS CREATED, PERFORMED AND EXPERIENCED.

Objects

1.1. TO ADVANCE THE ARTS AND CULTURE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC BY PROMOTING DANCE BY ALL MEANS INCLUDING THROUGH THE PROMOTION OF GOOD PRACTICE AND EDUCATION AND SPECIFIC FORMS OF DANCE INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE PROMOTION OF THE WORK OF DANCE ARTISTS OF THE AFRICAN DIASPORA IN ALL ITS EXPRESSIONS; 1.2. TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC, TEACHERS, STUDENTS, YOUNG PEOPLE AND DANCE PRACTITIONERS AND PROFESSIONALS IN THE UK AND BEYOND IN DANCE BY ALL MEANS INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO RESEARCH, THE PROMOTION OF DANCE WITH AND FOR YOUNG PEOPLE, DANCE OF THE AFRICAN DIASPORA, PROMOTING STANDARDS OF EXCELLENCE IN THE TEACHING OF DANCE FOR ALL AGES WITH PARTICULAR REFERENCE TO THE SCHOOL CURRICULUM AND THE PROMOTION OF SPECIFIC FORMS OF DANCE;1.3. TO ADVANCE THE HEALTH OF DANCERS; AND 1.4. TO RELIEVE POVERTY AMONGST DANCERS, DANCE ARTISTS, DANCE PRACTITIONERS AND THEIR DEPENDENTS.

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.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · Arts/culture/heritage/science · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£853k

Latest spending

£953k

Registered

1994

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £100,784 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in total funds decreasing from £400,406 to £299,623. The trustees note that unrestricted reserves are below the appropriate level set by the Trustees, although they confirm core funding is secured until March 2027 and expect the charity to break even in the following year. The financial statements were prepared under the small companies regime with an independent examiner's report rather than a full audit.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: £70,000 - £80,000 — above the median for charities its size (£60k)

“Earning between £70,000 - £80,000” — page 31

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Employees paid over £60,000: 1

“The number of higher paid employees was: Earning between £70,000 - £80,000”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £300k; policy: appropriate level set by the Trustees)

“The Charity’s unrestricted reserves are below the appropriate level set by the Trustees but will remain positive through to the next funding round from ACE with sufficient reserves to cover any unexpected expenditure.” — page 25

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance, in which Anthony Bowne is a Director, were paid £288 during the year (2024 - £240). The transaction was on an arm’s length basis and the trustee received no benefit as a result of the transaction.

“Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance, in which Anthony Bowne is a Director, were paid £288 during the year (2024 - £240). The transaction was on an arm’s length basis and the trustee received no benefit as a result of the transaction.” — page 37

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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
Conflicting interests
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
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

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

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

Total income

£853k

Total spending

£953k

Cost of raising funds

£15k

Reserves (reported)

£300k

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~3.8 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (99% 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: 1.7% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Register events

Received assets from another charity (23/10/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
Received assets from another charity (26/07/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

Anthony Doran Bowne
Emma Keith
Paul James Smethurst
Petr Medvedev
Susannah Pink
Victor Fung
Zoe Lesley Golding

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

Operates in: Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£853k	£953k
31/03/2024	£860k	£941k
31/03/2023	£962k	£963k
31/03/2022	£1.2m	£1.2m
31/03/2021	£1.1m	£1.0m

Common questions

Is ONE DANCE UK financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £100,784 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in total funds decreasing from £400,406 to £299,623. The trustees note that unrestricted reserves are below the appropriate level set by the Trustees, although they confirm core funding is secured until March 2027 and expect the charity to break even in the following year. The financial statements were prepared under the small companies regime with an independent examiner's report rather than a full audit. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

What does the highest-paid employee of ONE DANCE UK earn?

Per its FY2025 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the £70,000 - £80,000 band, and 1 employees earned over £60,000.

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
Sport England	04/11/2020	£288k	Dance Activator Programme
Sport England	06/08/2018	£300k	Dance Activator Programme
Sport England	29/09/2017	£29k	Dance Activator Programme
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	02/11/2005	£43k	"The ADAD Heritage Project"

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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
CYNGOR CELFYDDYDAU CYMRU	2	£1.1m
THE PRUDENCE TRUST	1	£375k
COLWINSTON CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£110k
THE JOHN R. MURRAY CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£50k
THE ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER FOUNDATION	1	£25k
BELVEDERE TRUST	1	£10k
DIDYMUS	1	£10k
THE JOHN S COHEN FOUNDATION	1	£10k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with EAST LONDON DANCE.

EAST LONDON DANCE income £566k
DANCE CONSORTIUM LIMITED income £1.1m
NATIONAL DANCE COMPANY WALES income £1.4m
DANCE UNITED YORKSHIRE CIO income £346k
WELSH DANCE THEATRE TRUST LIMITED income £598k
INDEPENDENT DANCE income £143k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
ONE DANCE UK	£853k	£70,000 - £80,000	1	below	—	no doubt
EAST LONDON DANCE FY2025	£566k	—	0	below	—	no doubt
DANCE CONSORTIUM LIMITED FY2025	£1.1m	—	—	unclear	—	noted
NATIONAL DANCE COMPANY WALES FY2025	£1.4m	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
DANCE UNITED YORKSHIRE CIO FY2025	£346k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
WELSH DANCE THEATRE TRUST LIMITED FY2025	£598k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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