Registered charity (CIO) · Sowerby Bridge
The Historical Dance Society
- 8 trustees
- Income £29k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science
- Where
- Throughout England And Wales, Scotland
- Website
- www.historicaldance.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2018
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£29k£23k
- 2024£32k£26k
- 2023£25k£26k
Earlier years
- 2022£37k£18k
- 2021£8k£11k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
THE PROMOTION OF THE STUDY, PRACTICE, EDUCATION, AND PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT IN THE PERFORMANCE, MUSIC, AND COSTUME OF EUROPEAN AND OTHER DANCES FROM THE 15TH TO 20TH CENTURIES AS RECORDED IN THE SOURCES OF THE PERIOD.
Board analysis
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
- Lynne Spicer Chair since 2014
- Christopher Paul Southon since 2026
- Debra Brown since 2026
- Dr Anne Daye since 2013
- Dr Hillary Burlock since 2026
- Helen Young since 2023
- Richard David Smithies since 2015
- Stephen Richard Collins since 2017
Trustees past 6 years
- Lynne Spicer Chair since 2014
- Dr Anne Daye since 2013
- Richard David Smithies since 2015
- Stephen Richard Collins since 2017
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (7)
- Lynne Spicer Chair since 2014
- Debra Brown since 2026
- Dr Anne Daye since 2013
- Dr Hillary Burlock since 2026
- Helen Young since 2023
- Richard David Smithies since 2015
- Stephen Richard Collins since 2017
Portfolio (1)
- Christopher Paul Southon since 2026
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
Gaps to watch
- Several long-serving trustees could step down together
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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Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1178919
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CIO - ASSOCIATION Registered 25 Jun 2018 as amended on 27 Jan 2020
- Contact on the register
- 07479387665 · secretary@historicaldance.org.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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