## **Trustees' Annual Report for the period** Period start date Period end date Day Month Year Day Month Year **From** 01 01 2023 **To** 31 12 2023 ## Section A Reference and administration details **Charity name Other names charity is known by Registered charity number (if any)** 1187051 LA Danse Fantastique N/A **Charity's principal address** 30 Bowlers Croft Basildon Essex **Postcode SS14 3EE** ## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** |1
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**year **|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee (ifany)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||Daniel Lawrence|||| ||Christine Garland|||| ||Moira Brock|||| ||Dawn Avery|||| ||Heather JoyLucy|||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| ## **Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)** **Name Dates acted if not for whole year** **TAR** March **2012** 1 ## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)** |**Names and addresses of**|**advisers (Optional information)**|**advisers (Optional information)**| |---|---|---| |**Type of adviser**|**Name**
**Address**|| |**Accountants**|Maynard Heady LLP|Matrix House, 12-16 Lionel Road, Canvey Island, Essex,
SS8 9DE| |||| |||| |||| |**Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)**||| |||| ## **Section B Structure, governance and management** ## **Description of the charity’s trusts** Constitution Type of governing document (eg. trust deed, constitution) CIO - Foundation How the charity is constituted (eg. trust, association, company) Trustee selection methods - (eg. appointed by, elected by) ## **Additional governance issues (Optional information)** Safeguarding training for all staff, children and adults. First Aid training You **may choose** to include additional information, where relevant, about: Safeguarding policy in place. - policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees; ISTD, LAMDA, London College of Music, - the charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity Fire risk assessment. works; Risk assessment for all activities. - relationship with any related parties; - trustees’ consideration of major risks and the system and procedures to manage them. ## **Section C Objectives and activities** **Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its governing document** To advance the education of children and young adults in the arts of theatre and performance, to enhance life experience to able bodied and special needs students. **TAR** March **2012** 2 To enhance skills in the arts, promoting activities to foster understanding between people from diverse backgrounds. **Summary of the main activities undertaken for the public benefit in relation to these objects (include within this section the statutory declaration that trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit)** **Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)** You **may choose** to include further statements, where relevant, about: - policy on grantmaking; - policy programme related investment; - contribution made by volunteers. **TAR** March **2012** 3 Achievements and performance ## Section D |**Summary of the main**
**achievements of the charity**
**during the year**|We are proud to convey, that our special needs class passed their Grade
8 Musical Theatre exam, with Distinction.
We also had a number of students take Solo Drama Exams, with all
students passing with Distinction or Merit Grades.
Recently one of our Special Needs Students passed a Modern
Intermediate exam, achieving a grade of Pass, also a Solo Grade 7
Drama exam, achieving a grade of Distinction.
Our Junior and Intermediate students took various grades in Tap,
Ballet and Modern, all passing with high grades.
We were also extremely privileged to have performed in collaboration
with the London Ballet Company, in our Show called For Our
Tomorrow, which was performed at the Thameside Theatre in Grays,
and had many dignitaries in attendance, this show was in support of
the Royal British Legion.
Three of our students were chosen to participate in workshops with
the London Ballet Company, at their London studios, and then to
perform in a London Theatre.
We continue to promote and raise awareness and acceptance in diversity.| |---|---| **TAR** March **2012** 4 ## **Section E** ## **Financial review** **Brief statement of the charity’s policy on reserves** We do try and keep some funds in reserve, but this year has seen some additional costs for repairs on the building. ## **Details of any funds materially in deficit** ## **Further financial review details (Optional information)** You **may choose** to include additional information, where relevant about: - the charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising); - how expenditure has supported the key objectives of the charity; - investment policy and objectives including any ethical investment policy adopted. ## **Section F** ## **Other optional information** ## **Section G** ## **Declaration** **The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.** **Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** **Signature(s) Full name(s)** Dawn Avery Christine Garland **Position (eg Secretary, Chair,** Trustee Trustee **etc) Date** 06.07.2024 **TAR** March **2012** 5 CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Receipts and pa ments accounts CC16a For tho perlod from To Section A Receipts and payments Unrestrfcted fund* tothfrnwr*t Re5trtcted fvnd Endowment funda Total lund• L•8tJwr A1 RKel Dan(èdaseea shov Druma EXÈ 1S 72 Unmo JndTrl¥l Stsndard CW FeB Studb HITe Inter93t Nurnery c￿$6 Sub lots1(Gr￿8 Incom& for AR) Is 10D A2 A••èt and Inv••thwnt 8alg•. Sub total Total rK•lpts 222 AJPa Coyl of MleB 37,994 8ank fegs Acwjnta En￿r￿InIn 1.532 1,SY2 tr rwlrB & wlntonllncè Ll hl, Pw, Heot pps Rent REte* Sub8¢rf Tek htsnfj 631 1.•92 l.W2 11391 905 130 130 Sub lotal 64141 I4￿1 A4 Assfjt and Invgstrnont urch•••s, Sub tt4t•l 14,541 hlotof Y¢¢olpts/(p•yments) A5Trnn*leY• b•tweon fvnds A6 Cash lunds last ￿)rOnd C•sh fvnd8 thls ywr•nd q.320 14271 12,9$1 14271 11951 CCXX R1 attuxjnts ISSI Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period Unre8trlctsd Re&trf¢ted fvnd* Endowment funds to n•v•4t£ Bt Calh funds tonMr••t£ Pthtythsh to n•v•4tE L8 Dange Total cash funds 12.951 UnYe8trfthd R•strl¢tsd funda lund% 19 n•4r•th£ End¢>wm•nt fund• IvnMr••t£ FuThl to whkh u••t b•lu Co•t B3 Inv￿tM•nt ••s•ts Fw￿l￿*hl¢fv •w•t b•1 84 As8•ts retaln•d for th• chAtlty8 own u•• F¥r•Jtowhkh JntyJTrtdu• 85 Llabllftl Slgn8d byono or{￿ tnJ8ts•ty on haif of 811 tha tryBI98S Slgn8tur• Prfnt Name Date ol D AVERY 24105r2024 C GARLAND 2410512024 CCXX R2 acfxwts ISSI 24￿5￿024 CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Independent examiner's report on the accounts Section A Independent Examlner's Report Report to the trusteesl members of La Danse Fanlastique On accounts for the year endèd 31st December 2023 Charity no (if any) 1187051 Set out on pages I report to the trustees on my examinalion of the accounts of the above charily I'the Trust } for the year ended 3111212023. Responsibilities and As the charity trustees of the Trust. you are responsible for the preparation basis of report of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 {"the Act"). I report in respect of my examination of the Trust's accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carying out my examination, I have followed the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145151(bl of the Act. I have completed my examination. I confirm th81 no material matters have come lo my attention (other than that disclosed below ') in connection with the examination which gives me cause to believe that in. any material respect.. accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Acl or the accounts do not accord with the accounting records Independent examinerfs statement I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in conneclion with the examination lo which attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of Ihe accounts lo be reached. Please delete the words in the brackets if they do not apply. Signèd: Date: 2410512024 Name: Robert Wybrow Relevant professional qualifi¢allon{s) or body (if any}: FCA Address: Matrix House 12-16 Lionel Road Canvey Island SS8 9DE Section B Disclosure Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight m8tters of concern (see CC32, Independent examination of charity accounts.. directions and guidance for examiners). IER October 2018 Give here brief details of any Items that the examiner wishes to disclose. IER October 2018