Finance Score: 6
Governance Score: 9
Support Score: 9
  • Good reserves management: +3
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +9
Overall GiG Score: 24 ?

CANDOCO DANCE COMPANY 

Candoco's vision is to produce creatively ambitious and high-quality contemporary dance performance that will enhance its reputation as the world's leading company of disabled and non-disabled dancers. Candoco strives to broaden the perception of what dance is, through its performance repertoire and its education and training programme.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • Reserves management has been consistently within official guidelines
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • Fundraising costs are unusually low relative to funds raised
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Over half the Board have joined recently
Established: 30 years

www.candoco.co.uk

info@candoco.co.uk

02077046845

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Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/03/23£902£921£-19£39£365£3654.7110
31/03/22£883£858£25£73£384£3845.480
31/03/21£831£725£106£71£359£3595.9120
31/03/20£792£873£-80£75£253£2283.1110
31/03/19£865£836£29£79£333£3144.5140
31/03/18£887£947£-60£53£304£2883.6130
31/03/17£923£755£168£54£365£3185.190
31/03/16£641£721£-79£45£196£1963.3110
31/03/15£645£682£-37£83£276£2644.670
31/03/14£666£672£-6£82£313£2514.580
31/03/13£863£662£201£84£319£218480
31/03/12£683£789£-106£78£118£1061.670
31/03/11£690£711£-21£91£224£1823.170
31/03/10£623£645£-23£81£245£2184.130
31/03/09£688£658£30£54£268£2153.950
31/03/08£751£577£174£92£237£1984.170
31/03/07£628£608£20£62£39£180.490
31/03/06£457£536£-78£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05£456£462£-6£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04*£557£507£50£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 4.8%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 4.2%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 19%
Liabilities/Income: 9%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 100%
Reserves/Spending: 4.7 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 5 months
Quick Ratio: 1.8
Asset Split ?
Listed activities
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
How it operates
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Throughout England And Wales,
Who it helps
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • 11 employees

Who's supporting them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following significant donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Major supporters in last 5 years
DCMS£200,000
Esmee Fairbairn£122,500
Paul Hamlyn Foundation£20,000
London Borough of Southwark£19,500
Garfield Weston Foundation£10,000
Wates Foundation£10,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
London Borough of Southwark - Grant to Candoco Dance Company
£10,000 31/03/2023
Cultural Celebrations Fund grant from the Environment, Neighbourhoods & Growth department
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£10,000 04/04/2022
Candoco Dance Company: core programme and activity support
London Borough of Southwark - Grant to Candoco Dance Company
£9,500 31/03/2022
Cultural Celebrations Fund grant from the Environment & Leisure department for Candoco's Day of Dance
DCMS - Culture Recovery Fund: Continuity Support
£50,000 22/10/2021
To support cultural organisations who have received funding from the Culture Recovery Fund: Grants programme, in the first or second rounds, and can clearly demonstrate the financial need for further ....more
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Candoco Dance Company
£17,500 05/05/2020
6
towards unrestricted core costs as a COVID-19 Fast Response grant
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - COVID19 Emergency Funding
£20,000 22/04/2020
3
Support to aid the organisation in dealing with the challenges posed by COVID19.
DCMS - Candoco Culture Recovery - partial re-opening
£100,000 01/04/2020
To support Arts and Culture throughout England
DCMS - Candoco Culture Recovery Fund - 2nd round
£50,000 01/04/2020
To support Arts and Culture throughout England
Wates Foundation - Candoco Dance Company
£10,000 21/11/2019
To support Candoco’s flagship youth programme, Cando2.
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Candoco Dance Company
£105,000 18/06/2019
36
Towards unrestricted core costs to support a programme of work developing stronger progression routes and performance opportunities for diverse dancers.
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Candoco Dance Company
£60,000 25/07/2016
24
Towards core and programme costs to develop Candoco's artistic model and support emerging talent.
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Candoco Dance Company
£72,000 27/05/2009
24
Towards Project costs Towards a programme of development to addresses a gap in integrated dance provision and develop Candoco's ambitions for creative growth, professional development, engagement and ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (7)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 6/7 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 42-64
  • KEZME MARGRIE Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Commissioning Editor, Bbc
  • SARAH-MACE DENNIS Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Film Director And Editor. Artist. Educator.
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 31/08/1994, number: 1040524
  • Registered at Companies House on 19/07/1993, number: 02837146
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Filing Record
20 returns made; AR04: 52 days late,
Main office

c/o Mountview
120 Peckham Hill Street
LONDON
SE15 5JT

Objectives

TO PROMOTE MAINTAIN IMPROVE AND ADVANCE EDUCATION BY THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF THE ARTS INCLUDING THE ARTS OF DRAMA MIME DANCE SINGING AND MUSIC

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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