# ROYAL ACADEMY OF DANCE

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 312826
- **Other names:** ROYAL ACADEMY OF DANCING, RAD
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Other
- **Registered:** Feb. 12, 1963
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=maximized&p_p_mode=view&_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=312826


## Contact

- **Address:** Royal Academy Of Dance, 188 York Road, LONDON
- **Postcode:** SW11 3JZ
- **Phone:** 02073268000
- **Email:** info@rad.org.uk
- **Website:** www.royalacademyofdance.org



## Activities

**Objects:** (1)TO ELEVATE AND ADVANCE THE ART OF THE DANCE BY PROMOTING THE CORRECT TUITION OF DANCE IN ITS HIGHEST FORMS;(2) TO ADVANCE EDUCATION IN THE ART OF DANCE, IN PARTICULAR:(A) BY PROVIDING FACILITIES FOR DANCE, DANCE EDUCATION AND TRAINING;(B) BY SETTING UP AND MAINTAINING PROGRAMMES OF STUDY FOR THE EDUCATION AND TRAINING OF DANCERS, TEACHERS AND NOTATORS OF DANCE (SUCH PROGRAMMES TO INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO, THE STUDY OF BENESH MOVEMENT NOTATION, WHENEVER APPROPRIATE);(C) BY SETTING AND CONDUCTING EXAMINATIONS IN DANCE AND THE TEACHING OF DANCE;(D) BY EDUCATING, TRAINING, ASSESSING, REGISTERING, LICENSING AND CHARTERING TEACHERS OF DANCE WHO MEET STANDARDS DETERMINED BY THE BOARD FROM TIME TO TIME; AND(E) BY PROMOTING TEACHING OF DANCE.

**Activities:** The Royal Academy of Dance is a registration organisation for dance teachers, a Higher Education provider for aspiring dance teachers, an Awarding Organisation leading to proficiency in dance at a high level; and  the owner of Benesh Movement Notation; and through these provides dance training, dance teacher education, and dance assessment services to students and teachers. :

**Area of benefit:** NOT DEFINED




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Services
- **What:** Education/training
- **Who:** Other Defined Groups



## Areas of operation

- Aruba
- Australia
- Barbados
- Belgium
- Bermuda
- Brazil
- Brunei
- Canada
- Chile
- China
- Costa Rica
- Cyprus
- Denmark
- El Salvador
- Finland
- France
- Germany
- Greece
- Guatemala
- Guernsey
- Honduras
- Hong Kong
- India
- Indonesia
- Ireland
- Isle Of Man
- Israel
- Italy
- Jamaica
- Japan
- Jersey
- Jordan
- Kuwait
- Laos
- Luxembourg
- Macau
- Malaysia
- Malta
- Mexico
- Netherlands
- New Zealand
- Northern Ireland
- Norway
- Peru
- Philippines
- Portugal
- Scotland
- Serbia
- Singapore
- South Africa
- South Korea
- Spain
- Sri Lanka
- St Lucia
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- Taiwan
- Thailand
- The Bahamas
- Trinidad And Tobago
- Turkey
- United Arab Emirates
- United States
- Venezuela
- Vietnam



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 31, 2025 | £22397000 | £24155000 | £26899000 | 248 |
| July 31, 2024 | £21726000 | £22971000 | £28484000 | 216 |
| July 31, 2023 | £22004000 | £22113000 | £29091000 | 215 |
| July 31, 2022 | £20626000 | £20278000 | £29693000 | 214 |
| July 31, 2021 | £18695000 | £16858000 | £23420000 | 236 |



## Trustees

- **Stephen Moss CBE** (Chair) — appointed April 18, 2023
- Amy Giancarlo — appointed May 11, 2021
- Beverly Dorothy Barbara Payne — appointed June 26, 2025
- Catherine Ward Quinn — appointed April 21, 2024
- Chi Cao — appointed May 11, 2021
- Grace Anne Margaret Buskell — appointed Dec. 11, 2025
- IMOGEN KNIGHT — appointed April 27, 2017
- James Cane — appointed May 11, 2021
- Jane Karczewski — appointed April 21, 2024
- Justine Anthea Hampsheir — appointed May 11, 2025
- Mark John Carawan — appointed Dec. 11, 2025
- Prof Peter Flew — appointed April 25, 2019
- Rachel Jackson-Weingartner — appointed May 11, 2021
- Sarah Georgina Robbins — appointed Dec. 12, 2024
- Sarah Margaret Haslock — appointed Sept. 25, 2025
- Sonia Greco — appointed Sept. 25, 2025
- Stephen Sacks — appointed May 11, 2022
- Victoria Allport — appointed May 11, 2021