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London Contemporary Dance (the Place) Limited
- 14 trustees
- Income £11m (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Antony George KingstonTrustee · since 2025
- David Robert BlackburnTrustee · since 2023
- Dr Helen Louise BaileyTrustee · since 2022
- Elizabeth SimpsonTrustee · since 2022
- Eva Devi SarmaTrustee · since 2020
- James Craig SandersonTrustee · since 2025
- Lisa Claire BaglinTrustee · since 2023
- Michael Frederick AsanteTrustee · since 2020
- Molly Margaret JacksonTrustee · since 2025
- Professor John David BlakeTrustee · since 2026
- Professor Susan Kathleen OrrTrustee · since 2025
- Shaparak RahimiTrustee · since 2022
- Urja ThakoreTrustee · since 2026
- Veronica Tanya Marie BrownTrustee · since 2026
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, Other Charitable Purposes
- Where
- Throughout England And Wales
- Website
- www.theplace.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- London Contemporary Dance (the Place) Limited
- Registered
- 1966
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£11m£11m
- 2024£11m£10m
- 2023£9.4m£8.6m
Earlier years
- 2022£7.2m£7.3m
- 2021£7.4m£6.8m
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 41%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
TO FOSTER, PROMOTE AND INCREASE THE INTEREST OF THE PUBLIC IN THE KNOWLEDGE, UNDERSTANDING AND PRACTISE OF THE ART OF THE BALLET AND THE TRAINING OF BALLET DANCERS AND CHOREOGRAPHERS. TO PROMOTE AND ESTABLISH SCHOOLS OR COLLEGES OF CONTEMORARY BALLET.
Grants received
17 grants · £3,120,536 total360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.
Top funders
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £2,501,868 (3 grants)
- John Ellerman Foundation · £190,000 (2 grants)
- John Lyon's Charity · £112,500 (2 grants)
- The Linbury Trust · £87,612
- The Headley Trust · £60,000
Most recent
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.
14 trustees on the board
- Antony George Kingston since 2025
- David Robert Blackburn since 2023
- Dr Helen Louise Bailey since 2022
- Elizabeth Simpson since 2022
- Eva Devi Sarma since 2020
- James Craig Sanderson since 2025
- Lisa Claire Baglin since 2023
- Michael Frederick Asante since 2020
- Molly Margaret Jackson since 2025
- Professor John David Blake since 2026
- Professor Susan Kathleen Orr since 2025
- Shaparak Rahimi since 2022
- Urja Thakore since 2026
- Veronica Tanya Marie Brown since 2026
Trustees past 6 years
- Eva Devi Sarma since 2020
- Michael Frederick Asante since 2020
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (14)
- Antony George Kingston since 2025
- David Robert Blackburn since 2023
- Dr Helen Louise Bailey since 2022
- Elizabeth Simpson since 2022
- Eva Devi Sarma since 2020
- James Craig Sanderson since 2025
- Lisa Claire Baglin since 2023
- Michael Frederick Asante since 2020
- Molly Margaret Jackson since 2025
- Professor John David Blake since 2026
- Professor Susan Kathleen Orr since 2025
- Shaparak Rahimi since 2022
- Urja Thakore since 2026
- Veronica Tanya Marie Brown 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.
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
4.2 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months · was 3.5 in 2021
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 250216
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLE INCORPORATED 8 JULY 1966 AS AMENDED ON THE 17 JULY 1971 as amended on 27 Mar 2019 as amended on 24 Sept 2025
- Companies House
- Company number 00883094 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 02071211100 · info@theplace.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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