Dance Hastings CIO
Registered Charity Number 1177657
Annual Accounts
for the period
22 March 2024 21 March 2025
Conlenls..
Organlsatlonal information
Trustees Annual Report
Receipts & Payments account
Statement of Assets & Llabllltl8S
Notes
Independent Ex8minerf8 report
Hastings Voluntary Action
Jackson Hall
Pcrtand Place
Hastlngs
East Sussex
TN34 1QN

Organisational information for Dance Hastlngs CIO
for tho year ended 21 March 2025
Name of charity:
Dance Hastings CIO
Reglstered charlty number..
1177657
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CharitAbla Incorporated Organisation
Governing documenL
Constitution
Addres5:
Clo Jackson Hall
Portland Place
Haslings
TN34 1QN
Trustses:
Leanne Wadey Ichalrl
Phlllppa B88gley ITiea$urerl
Daè Rees
Ch8rlotte Hayle￿wOtt5
Andrew Miller
Bank•r•:
Cooperallv8 B8nk, 1 Ball¢)on Street, M8nche8ter, M4 48E
Lloyds Bank. Blackheath London Br8nch
Ind•p•nd•nt Ex4mln•r:
Laura Dawons. Independent Examlner
HVA, Jackson Hall, Poruand Place, Hasling8, TN34 1QN
Obl•cts'.
Tho provlslon ol facilllies for recre8t5on and other lelsure Ilm
Occup8￿on In th8 interest8 of social w81fare wSlh the object of
Impro￿￿￿ the conditions of lrfe for the pers￿9 for whom they ar
intended by provlding donca Bctivilies and events Ythlch are
accessible to all.

Report of the Trustees of Dance Hastings CIO
for the year ended 21 March 2025
We are excited to welcome four new trustees to our team this year, and sad to say
goodbye to one of our original trustees, Ruby Cox, who has moved to France. We are
now a team of six who will work together to ensure the resilience of the charity and
robustness of our processes.
Our Provlslon
Our Tuesday mornlng cla55 for adults with learning and physical disabilities continues to
run successfully at full capacity, with between 10 and 24 participants and their carers at
each session. We have moved from the Parish Rooms to the Four Courts Community
Centre in Hollington, which provides a more suitable space. These sessions are
Supported by a dedicated team of five volunteer dance buddies, and most carers are
also active participants. Participants pay £5 per se55ion and the classes have become
almost financially self-sustaining. Regular supported groups attending these classes
come from The Parchment Trust and Eastview Housing. We also have 4 additional
regular participants who attend with their carers.
Thls year we received funding from the RTR Foundation to support the delivery of two
new community classes- one for adults with complex needs and severe learning and
physical disabilities, and one for adults with moderate learning disabilities. We felt that
this would extend our offer to satisfy a wider range of needs and to extend our capacitv
to run sessions for those we could not accommodate on Tuesdays. In practice we have
found that separating participants with dlfferlng levels of need has not proved to be
popular. The carers of participants with complex needs have told us that their
participants enjoy the 'chaos' and liveliness of the mixed classes. Many of the adults
with moderate learning disabilities have expressed an interest in dancing with and
SUPPOrting participants in wheelchairs and with higher levels of need. After a few
months of running two additional separate community classes we decided to combine
them and replicate the Tuesday morning model on a Friday afternoon at The Hastings
Centre. This has proved more popular and numbers are growing. Many of our Tuesday
morning participants also attend the Friday afternoon class. The numbers attending this
class fluctuate on a weekly basis from O to 16, depending on the health of participants
and availability of carers. Organisations regularly attending these sessions are Eastview
Housing, Martha's Trust 1st Mary's Housel and Abbey Lodge. The Affinity Trust has also
expressed an interest but access to drivers in the afternoon 15 problematic so moving
forward we will need to consider running an additional morning community class.

Next year we would like to develop some provision for adults with long term health
conditions, and also to think about running an additional i nclusive accessible
community session in Bexhill, if we can access funding to subsidise the provision.
Consideration has to be given to the f ull accessibility of the space, its size, the acoustics,
toi let access for participants in large electric wheelchairs, and accessible parking. This
restricts what we can afford and availability of space.
We are currently running subsidised dance sessions in 6 care homes, at £50 per
session. This fee just covers the cost of a dance facilitator and not the additional office
and admin costs, or costs of resources and travel. We are currently working in
Newlands House on a weekly bases; Old Hastings House, Derwent House, Blair House
and 8ethune Court twice a month. and Cedarwood House once a month. Our team of
volunteer dance buddies to support these sessions is growingi and we have 4 dance
buddies who regularly support some of the Sessions. Carers at some of the homes also
join in and support these se55ions. Our funding applications this year to enable us to
offer 5 free sessions to new care homes have been unsuccessful. We will continue to
fundraise so that our fees can remain affordable and we can offer free tasters.
We ran 5 dementia friendly tea dances this year, funded by Crowdfunding. They took
place at St Michael's Hospice and were attended by an average of 22 elderly
participants and their carers from a number of local care homes, We have a strong
team of volunteer dance buddies who eff iciently support these events, including the
practicalities of setting up and providing friendly hospital ity services alongside
supporting engagement with the dancing. The tea dances are free and we ask for
donations to enable us to continue to run these events. We have just received £2000
from the King Charles Community Fund, which will enable us to run 6 more event5 in
the coming year.
Our Team
We have a team of 12 regular volunteer dance buddies who ensure the success of our
classes and events and playfully and empathetically support everyone to take part. One
of our volunteer dance buddies has learning disabilities. She first engaged with us as
participant and demonstrated gentle awareness of and empathy for the needs of others
in the class. Last year we invited her to be an advisory member of our trustees board.
Some of our volunteers have long term health conditions or are elderly. We want to
continue to engage with volunteers with a range of disabilities if we have the capacity
to support them. The reasonable adjustments required by some volunteers do incur
additional costs, particularly around the provision of transport, which we have included
in all our fundraising.

In 2023 we explored how to increase our delivery capacity and to ensure robust and fair
recruitment of additional dance facilitators as required. After much consideration we
agreed that our aim was to increase opportunities to access inclusive and accessible
dance sessions in and around Hastings, whether delivered by us or not. 6 practitioners
successfully completed the online Paradance UK training funded by a grant from Sport
England, and during the summer of 2024 three additional practitioners completed the
training. However we were not happy with the format and delivery of the latest training
and have made numerous complaints to Paradance UK, which is now being run by
Communities I, They have offered us some free training places which we have decided
not to accept. For future training we will use the People Dancing training. One dance
facilitator has a Iready completed the onli ne People Dancing Safer Dance Practice
training which 15 assessed as a Level 4 qualification and costs £100, and is very happy
with the content and del ivery. We would like all our dance facilitators and vol unteers to
be able to access this tra i ning, along with the training for working with aged
participants and those with Parkinson's. We will be fundraising to enable this to
happen. Here is a link to the training options..
htt
www.communit dance.or
.uk
trainin
-and-
uallflcations
rofesslonal-
ualifications
We have a team of 3 regular dance facilitators [one of whom is on a 6 month sabbatical
in Brazill, and a dance buddy who is on a supported developmental journey to be able
to run sessions in care homes, particularly Bethune Court which provides a very
5UPPOrtive community. We are Interested in expanding our team to increase delivery
capacity, but have realised that we are looking for specific skills and qualitie5 in our
dance facilitators and would like them to take an informal apprenticeship with us where
they gain experience by supporting sessions as a dance buddy in a range of settlngs
before running some sessions supported by our team followed by evaluative
discussions to identify whether they are the 'right fit,. Next year we will be reviewing
our recruitment policy and Dance facilitators JD in order to be clearer about our
requirements and expectations
Our links with FE colleges have not materialsed into anything tangible this year and we
will need to re-engage with them next year to try to develop a partnership where we
offer volunteer and training opportunities to health and social care students, and
performing arts students.

As our delivery has grown admin so too have the admin and project management tasks.
Next year we need to recruit a freelance admin/project management support officer to
support the treasurer who is doing all project man3gement admin and finance as a
volunteer at present. Paying someone to carry out admin and project management
tasks will have an impact on our fundraising, as the time taken until now has been
provided for free.
Fundlng Updates
This year we received £4500 from RTR foundation for weekly community based
inclusive accessible social dance activities for adults with learning and physical
disabilities. We have also received £2000 from The King Charles Community Fund to
support our delivery of 6 tea dances next year.
Unfortunately our funding application to the Southern Water Goodwill Fund for
ongoing costs to support our three-year business plan was not successful. We will
revise our plans and try again in the April round. We had applied to the Skipton
Building Society to support our work in Care home5, but ats yet have had no response.
We were awarded £2000 from The David Hunt Trust but were required to attend an
event in order to receive the cheque, unfortunately it was short notice and none of our
team was available at the time and date required, and they did not respond to our
request to have an online presence.
We are waiting for a response to our application to the YAPP Foundation for funding for
training a nd core costs. We will continue to fundraise to Support our existing provision,
and develop what we offer. As we grow we will also need to consider how to pay for
project management and additional admin support. We will need to take into account
rlsing costs of venue hire, travel and resources, and to increase fees paid to dance
facilitators, which have remained the same for the last four years.
We express great thanks to the Sussex Community Foundation for their grant of £5000
that we received in March 2023 at the end of our previous financial year. This grant has
enabled us to run our community classes this year, and to provide free taster sessions
to three different care homes.
Philippa BeGgley, March 2025

Dance Hastings CIO
Rocelpts & Paymanis accoun
for the period
22 March 2024
21 March 2025
PreV￿u￿ Yu8r
¢uvr•ntYoar
Re8tr7cted
fun(k
u￿￿trIcIA￿
fund
Tolalfunth
Rec•1 ts
Grants
Other incorne
Bank Interest
6,769.90
4,327.40
9,500.00
9,500.00
10,709.13
21.50
20,230.63
10,709.13
21.50
10,730.63
11.097.30
9,500.00
Ex
•ndltur•
Dance F8clI￿at0r¥
Volunt*8r Exwnses
Resourcgs
Admin
Office
Marketlng
Travel
Venue Hire
Refr8shm8nls
Training
Accountinglposl box
Mlsc Expenses
TOTAL PAYMENTS
8.345.80
911.00
5,200.00
456.30
536.65
665.88
696,08
88.12
6,912.60
25.00
167.88
385.82
12.112.60
481.30
704.53
1,051.70
696.08
94.32
4,800.00
6.20
120.00
606.45
390.01
50.00
200.00
15,423.26
1,716.00
311.12
100.CQ
509.50
55.08
100.00
2,225.50
366.20
200.00
9,770.15
8,162.08
17,932.23
14,325.961 Nel SUTplusl.d8fidl
{270.15)
2,S68.SS
2.298.40
ovemenl In funds
8.654.00
Fund baJanc8s brf
2213124
4,285.25
42.79
4.328.04
4.328.04
Fund balances cJf
2113125
4 015.10
2 611.34
6 626.44

Dance Hastings CIO
Statement of Assets & Llabllltles
asat
21 March 2025
pre￿Ou$ year
Resldcted
Income
UnreBtrlcted
Income
Total
Current as8et8
Current Account- Co Op
Current Account- Lloyd6
08posbt Account
Cash in hand
Receipts awalllng banklng
21103125
21103125
@ 21103119
@ 21103125
1,000.00
413.39
191.55
2,006.40
1,413.39
191.55
5,021.50
4.328.04
3,015.10
4,015.10
2,811.34
6,626.44
4,328.04
Currènt Ilabllltl•8
Income not yet recelved
4,015.1Q
2,611.34
6,626.44
4.328.04
Charlty L8w requir88 the Twslees lo prepare finandal statements for èèch flnandal year which comply wth the
regulatlon8 set out In Ihe ChartUe8 Act 1993. The IrugleB6 h8ve elected to tsk& adv8nt8g8 of Ihè provlslons that 8pply
8mall charill&8 and havè propargd a Recelpts and PayTnent8 account ènd S181ement of A88etB and LlabIll￿8s.
Approvcd by the Trnstees on
3.01.20e6
and slpnad on thelr bgh8lf by
Leanne Wad8y (Chalrl
hilippa Beagley (Treasurer)

Dance Hastings CIO
Notes to the Accounts
for the period ending 21 March 2025
Restricted Fund5
Incoma
Spent
Chalk Cllffe Trust
Grant r8celved
SpendSng
Amount cathed forward
RTR
Grant received
Spending
kniounl carfed forward
blhvd
£4,500.C
£ 2,022.37
£ 2,477.63
Maglc Little Gr•nt•120191 blfv
Grant recelved
Spendlng
Amount ￿rded foA¥8rd
62.35
62,35
Su•••x Communlty Founda bIfy￿
Grant rgceivod
Spendlng
Amount carfed forward
18.40
£ 5,Otio.00
£ 4,865.41
152.99
Crowdfundlng
Grant recelved
blhvd
£ 1,793.55
£ 1,271.67
Amount carrigd forward
521.88
Chalk Cllff• 2023
Grant raceived
Swnding
Amount carried forward
£ 2.410.95
£ 1.610.70
800.25
Totsl R••trl¢tsd Funds
£ 4,015.10

Ind•p•nd•nt Examinerfs Report to th• Committe¢ of D•nce Hastings CIO
I report on the accounts of Dance HaS￿ng8 CIO
lor Ihe twelve month period ended
21 hAarch 2025 which are set out on the Pre￿Ou$ paggs.
Respectlve rgspon8ibilities of committee & •xaminer
The charfty5 tru81ees are responsible for th8 preparation of the accounts. The charitys Irusttsos
consider that an audlt18 not required for this year under section 144 of the Charities Act 2011 Ilhe
Charities Act). and that an independent 8xamination is nooded.
It is my responsibility..
to examlne the accounts under sectLon 145 of the Charities Act
to follow the procedures Laid down in the G8neral Direcuons given by tha Charfly
Commission (under section 14515)Ibl of the ch8n1￿$ Act). and
to slate whether pa￿C￿lar matters have come to my attention
B•¥l8 of Ind•pendont •xamln•rfB report
My ex8min8tlon was carried out In accordance with the Genèral Dlrectlons given by the Charlty
Commis$ion. An examinalon includes a review of the accoun￿ng records kept by the charlty and a
comparison of the supporting documentation presented wlth tho89 record5.11 also Indudes
Consid&ra￿on of any unusual ilerns or disclosures the 8c¢ounts, and seeklng explan8tlon8 from thè
Iruslees coneemlng any such Matters. The procedures undertaken do not PTovSde all the 8vldence that
would be Tequlred In an gudit, and consequently no opinlon is glven as lo whether Ihe accounts prosenl
a Irua and farf, ￿•W 8nd the r8P)rt is limited to those matters sel out In the gtatamenl below.
Ind•p•ndent •xamln•V• •t•t•m•nt
In connection wth my examinalSon, no matter has come to my attention..
l} which glves me reasona￿8 cause lo bèlleva that In any materi81 respect the requlrements..
to keep accountlng rècords in accordance ￿th $ecllon130 of the Charitie5 Act
to prepa￿ accounts which accord vhth the 8ccounlSng records 8nd lo comply wllh the
occounling requlffjments of the Act
h8vg not been m8t'. Cf
21 to whlch, In my opinion, attenllon shoubj be drawn in order to en8ble 8 proper underst8ndlng of
the accounts to be reached.
LauTa Dawson
Flnance Manager
Haslings Vduntsry Aets'on
J8ck8on H811. Portland Place, H8Stings. TN34 1QN
Dated..
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