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English Folk Dance And Song Society

Cecil Sharp House, E F D S S, English Folk Dance & Song Society, Vaughan Williams Memorial Library

Country
England & Wales
Charity number
305999
Status
Registered
Registered
Sept. 16, 1963
Legal form
Charitable company
Area of benefit
National

Address

Address
The English Folk Dance & Song
Society
Cecil Sharp House
2 Regents Park Road
LONDON
NW1 7AY

Contact

Activities

A centre of excellence for the study, practice and dissemination of traditional English Folk song, dance and music at the Vaughan Williams Memorial Library and Cecil Sharp House. Providing national and local outreach services to enable and increase access, celebrate diversity and promote equality

Objects: 2.1.1 To Preserve English Folk Dances And Songs And Other Folk Music (including Singing Games), Folk Tales And Folk Drama, To Make Them Known And To Encourage The Practice Of Them In Their Original Forms;2.1.2 To Promote The Knowledge And Practice Of English Folk Dances, Songs And Music, Tales And Drama By Means Of Dances, Schools Classes , Examinations, Lectures, Demonstrations, Festivals And Other Like Methods;2.2.3 To Promote And Encourage Research Into And Study Of The Origins Development And Traditional Practice Of English Folk Dances, Songs And Music Tales And Drama And Their Relationship With Those Of Other Countries.

Classification

How
Makes Grants To Individuals, Provides Human Resources, Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space, Provides Services, Provides Advocacy/advice/information, Sponsors Or Undertakes Research, Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body
What
Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Amateur Sport, Environment/conservation/heritage
Who
Children/young People, Elderly/old People, People With Disabilities, The General Public/mankind

Areas of operation

Region
Throughout England And Wales

Finances

Period end Income Expenditure Assets Employees Accounts
March 31, 2025 £1,535,587 £1,635,563 £2,620,266 22 PDF
March 31, 2024 £1,548,519 £1,605,925 £2,720,242 21 PDF
March 31, 2023 £1,481,658 £1,529,251 £2,777,821 22 PDF
March 31, 2022 £1,321,071 £1,602,146 £2,835,631 22 PDF
March 31, 2021 £883,546 £1,145,108 £3,111,261 22 PDF

Trustees

Name Appointed
Andrew Hill Nov. 8, 2025
Angharad Eve Cooper Nov. 8, 2025
Elsa Cardona Nov. 9, 2024
Fiona Margaret Butcher Nov. 11, 2023
James Edward Fishwick Nov. 9, 2019
Jeremy Paul Iles Nov. 8, 2025
Lisa Saper Nov. 9, 2024
Marcie-Jane Hopkins Nov. 8, 2025
Robyn Wallace Chicot Nov. 14, 2020