Registered charity (CIO) · Rickmansworth
Society for International Folk Dancing
- 7 trustees
- Income £10k (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
- General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science
- Where
- Scotland, Throughout England And Wales
- Website
- www.sifd.org (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2020
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£10k£21k
- 2024£11k£21k
- 2023£15k£14k
Earlier years
- 2022£53k£11k
- 2021£104k£5k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
(1) TO PRESERVE, MAKE KNOWN AND ENCOURAGE THE PRACTICE IN THE UNITED KINGDOM OF FOLK DANCES FROM ACROSS THE WORLD, WHILE RESPECTING THEIR TRADITIONAL FORM. (2) TO PROMOTE THE KNOWLEDGE AND PRACTICE OF FOLK DANCES BY MEANS OF CLASSES, DEMONSTRATIONS, SOCIAL ACTIVITY, PUBLICATIONS IN ALL FORMS, THE INTERNET AND OTHER SUITABLE METHODS WHICH MAY INCLUDE A PERIODICAL. (3) TO PROVIDE AND ENCOURAGE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT RESEARCH INTO, AND STUDY OF, THE ORIGIN, DEVELOPMENT AND TRADITIONAL PRACTICE OF FOLK DANCES. (4) TO ENCOURAGE THE PERFORMANCE, PLAYING, COLLECTION OF AND RESEARCH INTO FOLK DANCE MUSIC WITH PARTICULAR REGARD TO TRADITIONAL STYLES
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.
7 trustees on the board
- Richard Mellish Chair since 1998
- Brenda Steventon since 2018
- Caspar Cronk since 1994
- Dalila Haigouhi Heath since 2011
- Holly Payling since 2012
- John Stewart since 2012
- Judith Payling since 1979
Trustees past 6 years
- Richard Mellish Chair since 1998
- Brenda Steventon since 2018
- Caspar Cronk since 1994
- Dalila Haigouhi Heath since 2011
- Holly Payling since 2012
- John Stewart since 2012
- Judith Payling since 1979
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (6)
- Richard Mellish Chair since 1998
- Brenda Steventon since 2018
- Caspar Cronk since 1994
- Holly Payling since 2012
- John Stewart since 2012
- Judith Payling since 1979
Portfolio (1)
- Dalila Haigouhi Heath since 2011
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
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.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1189141
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CIO - ASSOCIATION Registered 20 Apr 2020
- Contact on the register
- 01923285677 · mail@sifd.org
- 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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