The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

East London Dance

Registered charity 1053735 Registered since 1996

Operates: Barking And Dagenham, City Of London, Hackney, Havering, Newham, Redbridge, Tower Hamlets, Waltham Forest

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Board DNA

How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.

8 trustees on the board

5.2y median 2.5y
average tenure
12y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

9.3y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (8)

8
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Arts/culture/heritage/science 8

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Arts and leisure 10Education 2Tech and media 2

Gaps to watch

  • Narrow spread of causes across the board

Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.

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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£566k latest income · spending exceeded income in 2024 and 2025
ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

1.0 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months · was 2.0 in 2021

19 from 17 in 2021
EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.eastlondondance.org
Emailoffice@eastlondondance.org
Phone02082791050
AddressEast London Dance, Talent House, 3 Sugar House Lane, LONDON, E15 2QS

Finances

£565,670 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£1,502,157£617,894
2022£1,492,400£791,785
2023£813,511£940,084
2024£705,571£759,310
2025£565,670£825,200

What it does

What

Arts/culture/heritage/science

Who

Children/young PeopleElderly/old PeoplePeople With DisabilitiesPeople Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial OriginOther Defined GroupsThe General Public/mankind

How

Provides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/informationOther Charitable Activities

Charitable objects

TO PROMOTE, IMPROVE, DEVELOP AND MAINTAIN PUBLIC EDUCATION IN THE APPRECIATION OF THE ART OF DANCE, IN PARTICULAR BY THE PRESENTATION OF DANCE PRODUCTIONS AND THE PROMOTION OF DANCE WORKSHOPS IN EAST LONDON

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 4TH MARCH 1996 AMENDED 13TH DECEMBER 2002

Trustees (8)

8trustees
48median age
0aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

East London Dance · 03167185 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 04/03/1996

3 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (0)

No charities share a trustee (from current data).

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