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Registered charity (CIO) · Chelmsford

Dance 21

Dance 21 is a registered charity (number 1188124) based in Chelmsford, governed by 8 trustees and chaired by Mary Schultz since 2020. Latest income £16k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.

  • 8 trustees
  • Income £16k (2025)
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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
General Charitable Purposes, Disability
Where
Redbridge, Essex
Website
www.dance21.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
Registered
2020

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£16k£20k
  • 2024£15k£17k
  • 2023£14k£15k
Earlier years
  • 2022£13k£11k
  • 2021£14k£8k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Charitable objects

THE OBJECT OF THE CIO ISTO RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF PERSONS AFFECTED BY DOWN SYNDROME, THEIR PARENTS, CARERS AND SIBLINGS, PRIMARILY IN THE ESSEX AND LONDON AREA, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY:PROVIDING DANCE GROUPS FOR CHILDREN AND YOUNG ADULTS WITH DOWN SYNDROME AND THEIR SIBLINGS.PROMOTING MENTAL AND PHYSICAL HEALTH WITHIN DANCERS WITH DOWN SYNDROME.PROVIDING A MUCH-NEEDED SOCIAL NETWORK FOR PARENTS, CARERS AND PEOPLE WITH DOWN SYNDROME AND PROJECTING A POSITIVE IMAGE OF DISABILITY AND PROJECTING A POSITIVE IMAGE OF DISABILITY TO THE PUBLIC, ENCOURAGING THEM TO SEE THAT PEOPLE WITH DOWN SYNDROME CAN ACHIEVE MANY THINGS.

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

6y median 6y
average tenure
6y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

7.4y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (7)

Portfolio (1)

0
company-linked trustees

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

Disability 8General Charitable Purposes 8Education/training 1

Gaps to watch

  • No commercial or business experience on the board
  • 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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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£16k latest income · spending exceeded income in 2024 and 2025

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
1188124
Status
Registered
Governing document
CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 21 Feb 2020
Contact on the register
01245259742 · dance21@blueyonder.co.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels
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