Registered charity · Tyne and Wear
Dance North
- 10 trustees
- Income £1.9m (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Lyndsey Turner-SwiftChair · since 2025
- Aaron MarkwellTrustee · since 2025
- Anthony HopeTrustee · since 2021
- Charlotte McmurchieTrustee · since 2023
- Dr Tomke Kossen-VeenhuisTrustee · since 2025
- Emily SnowTrustee · since 2025
- Emma Jane HarrisonTrustee · since 2025
- Karen MuirTrustee · since 2025
- Sarah DewarTrustee · since 2021
- Shirley MarlandTrustee · since 2022
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
- Website
- www.dancecity.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Dance North
- Registered
- 1990
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£1.9m£2.1m
- 2024£1.6m£1.8m
- 2023£1.7m£1.9m
Earlier years
- 2022£2.1m£2.1m
- 2021£1.9m£1.6m
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government contracts 17% · Government grants 29%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
TO PROMOTE, MAINTAIN, IMPROVE, AND ADVANCE EDUCATION PARTICULARLY BY THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF THE ARTS INCLUDING THE ARTS OF DANCE, DRAMA, AND MUSIC.
Grants received
17 grants · £1,282,159 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
- Northern Rock Foundation · £565,000 (5 grants)
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £564,048
- The National Lottery Heritage Fund · £76,698
- Community Foundation North East · £48,413 (7 grants)
- The National Lottery Community Fund · £28,000 (2 grants)
Most recent
- The National Lottery Community Fund
- The National Lottery Heritage Fund
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.
10 trustees on the board
- Lyndsey Turner-Swift Chair since 2025
- Aaron Markwell since 2025
- Anthony Hope since 2021
- Charlotte Mcmurchie since 2023
- Dr Tomke Kossen-Veenhuis since 2025
- Emily Snow since 2025
- Emma Jane Harrison since 2025
- Karen Muir since 2025
- Sarah Dewar since 2021
- Shirley Marland since 2022
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (10)
- Lyndsey Turner-Swift Chair since 2025
- Aaron Markwell since 2025
- Anthony Hope since 2021
- Charlotte Mcmurchie since 2023
- Dr Tomke Kossen-Veenhuis since 2025
- Emily Snow since 2025
- Emma Jane Harrison since 2025
- Karen Muir since 2025
- Sarah Dewar since 2021
- Shirley Marland since 2022
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
- 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.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
0.9 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 3.2 in 2021
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 702801
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 9 APRIL 1990 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION OF 3 SEPTEMBER 2002 AND 15 DECEMBER 2009AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 16 MAY 2019
- Companies House
- Company number 02490618 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 01912610505 · info@dancecity.co.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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