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Registered charity · London

Dance Umbrella Limited

  • 9 trustees
  • Income £621k (2025)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 13th September 2026 · Sources

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
Arts/culture/heritage/science
Where
Throughout London
Website
www.danceumbrella.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
Dance Umbrella Limited
Registered
1979

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£621k£702k
  • 2024£658k£685k
  • 2023£782k£648k
Earlier years
  • 2022£565k£573k
  • 2021£494k£422k
Charitable objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY (THE OBJECTS) ARE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT TO:4.1.1 PROMOTE, MAINTAIN, IMPROVE AND ADVANCE EDUCATION PARTICULARLY BY:(A) THE PRODUCTION OF DANCE PERFORMANCES, WORKSHOPS, PARTICIPATORY EVENTS ANDOTHER EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES;(B) THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF THE ARTS INCLUDING (BUT NOT LIMITED TO) THE ARTS OF DANCE,CHOREOGRAPHY, DRAMA, BALLET, MUSIC AND SINGING; AND (C) PROVIDING FACILITIES AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR PARTICIPATION IN CREATIVE LEARNING; AND4.1.2 PROVIDE FACILITIES AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR ART AND PERFORMANCE-RELATED RECREATION IN THEINTERESTS OF SOCIAL, ECONOMIC, AND PHYSICAL WELFARE OF MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WITH THEOBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITION AND QUALITY OF LIFE.

Board analysis for researchers

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.

9 trustees on the board

8.6y median 6y
average tenure
29y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

13.8y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (9)

9
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 9

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 18Mining 9Utilities 9

Gaps to watch

  • Several long-serving trustees could step down together
  • 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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Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours

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£621k 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.

4.0 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months · was 3.1 in 2021

6 from 7 in 2022
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.

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
277221
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 29 NOV 1978AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 13 MAR 2021
Companies House
Company number 01402702 · Active
Contact on the register
0207 2579380 · mail@danceumbrella.co.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 13th September 2026
Labels
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