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2023-03-31-accounts

Company registered number: 2931636

Charity registered number: 801552

ONE DANCE UK

(A Company Limited by Guarantee)

TRUSTEES’ REPORT AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2023

Contents

OUR PURPOSE ..................................................................................................................................................... 2 OUR WORK THIS YEAR ......................................................................................................................................... 3 OUR STRATEGY .................................................................................................................................................... 4 VOLUNTEERS ....................................................................................................................................................... 4 SUPPORTING DANCE ........................................................................................................................................... 4 ADVOCACY ........................................................................................................................................................... 5 OUR PROGRAMMES AND WORK ......................................................................................................................... 5 OUR PRIORITIES ................................................................................................................................................. 13 FUNDRAISING ACTIVITIES .................................................................................................................................. 14 PLANS FOR THE FUTURE .................................................................................................................................... 14 FINANCIAL REVIEW ............................................................................................................................................ 15

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REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES FOR THE YEAR ENDING 31 MARCH 2023

The Trustees are pleased to present their annual Directors’ report together with the financial statements of the charity for the year ended 31 March 2023, which are also prepared to meet the requirements for a Director’s report and accounts for Companies Act purposes.

The financial statements comply with the Charities Act 2011, the Companies Act 2006, the Memorandum and Articles of Association, and Accounting and Reporting by Charities: the Statement of Recommended Practice for Charities (SORP 2015) (Second Edition, effective 1 January 2019) applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102).

OUR PURPOSE

A STRONGER, FULLY VIBRANT AND DIVERSE DANCE SECTOR FOR THE UK

We are a charity dedicated to raising the profile, excellence, diversity, and importance of UK dance. These are the cornerstones of our constitution:

Promoting Dance and its diversity

To advance arts and culture for the benefit of the public by promoting all forms of dance. This includes the promotion of good practice, education and specific forms of dance including but not limited to the promotion of the work of dance artists of the African Diaspora in all its expressions.

Education

To advance the education of the public, teachers, students, young people, dance practitioners and professionals in the UK in dance including but not limited to; research, the promotion of dance with and for young people, Dance of the African Diaspora, promoting standards of excellence in the teaching of dance for all ages (with a focus on the school curriculum) and the promotion of specific forms of dance.

Health

To advance the health and wellbeing of all those who dance.

Relief of poverty

To relieve poverty amongst dancers, dance artists, dance practitioners and their dependents.

In shaping our objectives for the year and planning our activities, the Trustees have considered the Charity Commission’s guidance on public benefit, including the guidance ‘Public benefit: running a charity (PB2)’ and the Charity Governance Code. We rely on grants, fundraising, sponsorships, members’ fees and ticket sales to cover our operating costs.

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OUR WORK THIS YEAR
April to June 2022 July to September October to
December		 January 2023 to
March 2023
ADVOCACY:
Published research the state
of dance in Primary and
Secondary Education and
started further research at
Higher Education level.		 Working with other sector
bodies in response to the
cost of living crisis and
energy prices		 Dance APPG reformed
with speakers on Dance
Education appearing at
the AGM in Parliament		 Update to
Decolonising the
Curriculum (RiDE)
resource published
HEALTH, WELLBEING AND PERFORMANCE
Continued engagement with individuals, schools, universities online, in person, within
and dance science settings		 NHS and private dance
ODUK AWARDS
Nominations Opened		 Nominations closed ODUK AWARDS
Ceremony took place in
person in Bristol (for the
first time post-pandemic)
U.DANCE NATIONAL
FESTIVAL IN
BIRMINGHAM		 U.DANCE LOCAL
AND REGIONAL
platforms in-
person
YOUNG CREATIVES
Return to in person activity
and mentoring for 2022
cohorts		 YOUNG CREATIVES
Final works presented as
part of the U.Dance
National Festival		 YOUNG CREATIVES
Application and selection
process for 2023 cohorts
YOUNG
CREATIVES
Live and online
delivery and
mentoring for 2023
cohorts
DANCE PASSION
Run of commissioned
interactive works and short
films extended to a full year		 DANCE PASSION
Online hosting of
content comes to an
end
CONTINUED PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT (CPD)
Online Training and Careers Talks with Dance teacher and students carried on		 across the year
EQUITY, BALANCE
AND BELONGING
We continued to develop
our Balance & Belonging
survey with a view to
developing resources for the		 All staff anonymously
surveyed on feelings of
inclusion and openness to
be heard and make
changes to ODUK		 Roundtable on
Decolonising the
Curriculum reconvened
to co-design an update
to the RiDE resource		 Balance & Belonging
survey results
compiled and
analysed.

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OUR STRATEGY

TOGETHER WE’RE STRONGER

With the mandate of our members, we provide one clear voice for dance and a clear strategy to meet our purpose.

VOLUNTEERS

We rely on, and are extremely grateful to, our volunteers who include our Dance Ambassadors, Board members, expert panels and other supporters at events.

Annually, we rely on 40 volunteers who generously give up to 560 hours of their time. Dance Ambassadors (aged 15 – 25 years) write blogs, speak to Members of Parliament, support us at our events and benefit from engaging with us. Through exciting opportunities, they find out about the various roles and careers in dance.

SUPPORTING DANCE

As the dance sector began to recover from the pandemic we continued to listen, learn and respond to what our dance community asked of us. We worked with other sector bodies to respond to the emerging cost of living crisis and hugely increased energy costs which impacted both individuals and organisational members.

During a testing time for dance and the dance economy, advocating for our member’s needs to DCMS and DfE, funders and performing arts representative bodies remains our key priority.

DANCE PASSION, a collaboration with BBC Arts to increase public awareness of the diversity, creativity and sheer brilliance of UK Dance in all its form, saw the commissioned content having its run extended from an initial 3 months to a full year of online access to innovative interactive content short films hosted on the BBC Taster and iPlayer platforms.

We saw a decline in membership which is to be expected in very tough financial times. Our new strategy addresses the current needs of individual members, as well as continuing to provide essential support to organisational members. The One Dance UK Team is dedicated to listening and aligning our services to best serve the dance community’s needs now and in the future, with work underway in 2023 to launch a new website with refreshed membership benefits, focusing on delivering increased value to our members and the sector we serve. We remain committed to providing freelancers with the support they need to maintain and develop sustainable careers in dance.

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ADVOCACY

Regular engagement with Government and officials continued throughout 2022/23, covering issues which affect all of our members, both individual and organisational, including: EU exit; pandemic recovery; energy prices; and the cost-of-living crisis; as well our serious ongoing concerns about the impact of education policy on dance education and training.

We reformed the Dance APPG, welcoming back Luke Pollard MP as Co-Chair along with Baroness Hooper as the Lords Co-Chair. We took guest speakers into parliament to present updates to the APPG on the latest data on the state of dance in education, our previous research at Primary and Secondary levels and the follow up research we were carrying out on Dance In HE, as well as on our collaboration with a British Academy Fellow at the Centre for Dance Research at Coventry University on how to empower Freelancers in the Dance sector.

We worked closely with other Creative Sector bodies to provide DCMS with case studies and survey data from our members on both the impact of energy prices and the cost-of-living crisis on individuals and organisations across the dance sector, and gave a briefing to the DCMS Lords Minister, Lord Parkinson, on Monday 26 November. We met with the new Secretary of State, Lucy Frazer MP, and monthly meetings with DCMS officials continued throughout the early part of 2023 as the Department was restructured ahead of the publication of the Creative Industries Sector Vision in June 2023.

OUR PROGRAMMES AND WORK

CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE (CYP)

ADVOCACY

Programme Board: CYP Dance

The Programme Board: CYP Dance brings together organisations with a strategic remit for CYP dance in England, both in and outside school settings. We continue to have very positive engagement from key stakeholders including DfE, ACE and awarding organisations (Exam Boards). One Dance UK provides the Secretariat and meetings are chaired by Geoff Barton, General Secretary of the Association of School and College Leaders (ASCL), with meetings taking place termly to ensure key issues remain high on the agenda.

Dance education report - ‘Taking it Higher: Dance in HE’

Following on from our large-scale survey of dance educators in 2021/22 titled ‘Everything We Loved About Dance Was Taken’ which focused on presenting an accurate picture of the dance education landscape in primary and secondary education, we carried out work during 2022/23 to ascertain the current state of dance education at Higher Education level. The headline findings are incredibly worrying, highlighting unprecedented change in the HE landscape, significantly impacting on the role of dance educators and staff capacity. There is a significant decline in numbers of young people able to take up study at HE level and further course closures anticipated. The report also includes an action plan for government, education leaders and others, as well as a commitment from One Dance UK to address the issues raised in the report.

The final report was published in April 2023 and can be viewed here.

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U.DANCE NATIONAL FESTIVAL 2022

We were delighted to see the U.Dance National Festival return to an in-person event for the first time postpandemic and worked with partners at the Midlands Arts Centre (MAC) in Birmingham to host this in our home region.

U.Dance Regional Platforms

All U.Dance regional partners in the nine English regions, Scotland, Wales and NI committed to delivering a U.Dance regional event or at least managing applications of dance films from their region in 2022. Successful entries were screened as part of the U.Dance National Festival 2022 national showcases, with very positive engagement and feedback.

U.Dance National Festival

The U.Dance National Festival 2022 was delivered as a hybrid event, presented on stage, on screen and online in July 2022. There was a wide variety of activity on offer across these platforms for young people aged 11-19, or up to the age of 25 for disabled dancers.

Over 300 dancers from across the UK and internationally were invited to take part in a return to ‘live’ U.Dance National Festival featuring a range of dance styles and ages. 31 groups took part, selected from hundreds of entries at U.Dance Regional Platforms or by special guest invitation.

Special guests included the National Youth Dance Companies of England and Scotland and BBC Young Dancers winners and finalists. Activity was hosted primarily at the Midlands Arts Centre (MAC), Birmingham with additional activity at FABRIC (formerly DanceXchange), and Birmingham Hippodrome. 11 Dance Ambassadors assisted with the event in a range of roles.

Young people taking part in the live festival activity enjoyed:

YOUNG CREATIVES

The Young Creatives programme for aspiring choreographers goes from strength to strength, building on learning from the pandemic with the revised two-year model being retained and built on, with opportunities for young people to create both live and screen dance. The revised application process saw 70 applications for Year 1 of the programme from young people from diverse geographical locations. A renewed focus on data collection and analysis allows us to identify where gaps are for future cohorts.

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The 2022/23 programme was delivered in-person and online, with 16 Year 1 participants taking part in skills building and creative sessions with high-profile practitioners to create high-quality group dance films. Of the 21 who previously took part in Year 1, eight were selected to continue into Year 2. January 2023 saw a liveactivity intensive day for all participants, delivered by Creative Lead Rhian Robbins. Year 2 Young Creatives were mentored throughout the programme by Vidya Patel, Kate Flatt OBE and John-William Watson, leading to the creation of high-quality original work to be premiered at the U.Dance National Festival 2023.

“Young people never fail to astound me with their creativity, passion and ability to get right to the heart of the matter through dance. It feels like it is more vital than ever that young people have opportunity to express themselves and explore their creative voices. The Young Creatives programme does exactly that.”

Sir. Richard Alston, Young Creatives and U.Dance Champion

DANCE AMBASSADORS

18 Dance Ambassadors (aged 18-24) were selected from 50 applications in September 2022. An in-person induction took place in Newcastle with support from Dance Consortium enabling the group to visit the Theatre Royal, hear from the staff team there and watch a performance by The Trocks as well as learning more about the Dance Ambassadors programme and the wider work of One Dance UK. An online induction session also took place for those who were unable to attend in person.

Each Dance Ambassador was allocated a bespoke project at One Dance UK according to their interests and future aspirations, allowing them to gain real life work experience and to contribute to the work of the organisation in a meaningful way. In addition, Dance Ambassadors were provided with a range of additional volunteering experiences at One Dance UK events, such as the AGM, and with partner organisations.

CYP CONTINUING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT (CPD)

‘Ready, Step, Teach!’ and ‘Take the Leap!’ – Primary and Secondary CPD

Due to popular demand, we once again delivered our series of 6 online ‘Ready, Step, Teach!’ CPD sessions aimed at those with limited subject knowledge in September and October 2022. There were 84 participants in the 2022-23 financial year.

The follow-up CPD series, ‘Take the Leap!’ was remodelled into bitesize ‘Snippets’ of key information to be recorded and presented as an on-demand member benefit.

Career Talks and Bespoke CPD

The CYP team delivered presentations to The Royal Ballet School and English National Ballet School on ‘How to work safely and successfully as a freelancer’ alongside other members of the One Dance UK team. ‘An introduction to Dance Education’ talks were also delivered to 4 PGCE providers, and our Head of CYP Dance delivered a presentation to the Wales Wide Partnership on the current dance education landscape. Bespoke career talks were also delivered to Yr12 and Yr13 students at Elstree Screen Arts Academy in November 2022.

BBC Teach Step-by-Step programme

The KS1 Step by Step CPD package that One Dance UK provided consultancy for went live on the BBC Teach website alongside the previous KS2 package we helped develop. Both are free to access and provide primary schools with a clear framework to help them develop high-quality cross-curricular dance activity for pupils. The success of these programmes has led to an approach for development of a similar programme for Key Stage 3.

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DANCE PASSION

The run of the five special 1 hour long programmes and an additional BBC4 highlights show which were created for Dance Passion was extended from three month’s to a full year on iPlayer, along with the cocomissioned Short Films and Interactive Experiences on BBC Taster. We were able to share the fantastic work spotlighted through this partnership with the BBC to a wider audience over a longer period of time with all content staying online until March 2023. We would like to thank the BBC and Arts Council England for their support which made this second iteration of Dance Passion even bigger and better.

EQUITY, DIVERSITY & INCLUSION

Our Head of Workforce Development, Jazlyn Pinckney, carried our consultation with the DAD community and practitioners facilitated by cultural producer, strategist, and dance artist Sara Dos Santos around the theme of ‘How do you, and your practice, connect with the label “ Dance of the African Diaspora ”?’ which will result in the reframing of this aspect of our work as a more explicit commitment to supporting Global Majority artists and culturally-specific dance forms across all of our programmes our work going forward.

We delivered Fundraising 101 for Global Majority Artists – a fully accessible event with BSL and captions to upskill members on income generation in partnership with WEAVE. Speakers included Haseena Farid, David Mbazira (CIoF) and Will Southworth (ACE). 100% of participants reported growing in confidence with fundraising following the event. Content is still available to view online.

Decolonising the Curriculum and RIDE resource

The Decolonising the Dance Curriculum Roundtable was re-formed with One Dance UK as Secretariat. Roundtable attendees are representatives from examination boards, dance companies, freelancers, dance organisations, teachers and students. Youth voice is particularly important when looking at the future of dance education. The Roundtable worked together to update and expand the previous resource designed to celebrate Global Majority dance work in the sector, increase representation and affect positive change in dance education.

The RIDE resource (Representation in Dance Education) has three focus areas designed to support teachers to redress representation and access dance work by the global majority in the UK:

The original RIDE resource launched on 2 March 2022 was updated and is available as a free resource to teachers.

HOTFOOT Online

The Spring edition was published on 27 May and focused on themes of education, fundraising, sustainability and advocacy with features on fundraising tips from our Head of Membership & Business Development, and overview of the RiDE Resource, features on IRIE! Dance Theatre and other partner organisations, and a tribute to Jackie Guy MBE.

Following feedback from the sector, and after reviewing statistics that suggested the publication was not being seen by as many people as sister publication ONE, in Autumn 2022, we trialled moving HOTFOOT into ONE magazine. A dedicated pullout section spotlighted Dr S. Ama Wray, Denise Saunders Thompson, Ian Abbott, Yami ‘Rowdy’ Löfvenberg and Nicolette Wilson Clarke, and aimed to see whether this would give the articles a wider reach and impact. The feedback from the Editorial Focus Group and the wider membership

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was positive, and the articles were well received paving the way for more planning to be undertaken to ensure a positive evolution for HOTFOOT, DAD and global majority content across out platforms and publications.

Black History Month Competition 2022

We celebrated Black History Month with bursaries and free memberships specifically for Dance of the African Diaspora artists to support the incredible work they are doing in their community with the theme of ‘How is dance supporting your community?’.

I MOVE Campaign

I Move continued spotlighting members of the DAD community with features for current active members, including our Black History Month competition winners, all of whom are active members of One Dance UK and have all made great contributions in dance in the wider community.

HEALTH, WELLBEING AND PERFORMANCE (HWbP) AND NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DANCE MEDICINE AND SCIENCE (NIDMS)

One Dance UK’s Health, Wellbeing and Performance team is a world leader in dancers’ health, delivered in partnership with organisations and experts in healthcare, research, advocacy, and education. We are also a founding partner in the National Institute of Dance Medicine and Science, providing access to high quality, affordable, dance specific healthcare and dance science support services in private practice and the NHS, underpinned by dance medicine and science research, best practice, information, and resources are disseminated to the wider dance and health community through educational workshops, conferences, and publications.

HEALTHIER DANCER PROGRAMME (HDP) TALKS

In 2022-23, HDP Talks were delivered to over 650 dance students and dance professionals in 13 dance organisations on subjects including Healthy Dance Practice, Confidence and Anxiety, Psychology and Performance Preparation, Safe Dance Practice for Primary and Secondary Dance in Schools, Motivation and Wellbeing as a Freelancer. These talks in dancers’ health and performance aim to promote safe and effective dance practice in educational and professional environments, educate dancers and educators on mechanisms for injury prevention and performance enhancement, and raise awareness of resources, programmes, and organisations that facilitate dancers’ health and performance.

NIDMS NHS DANCE INJURY CLINICS

NIDMS dance injury clinics in London, Birmingham and bath have reached an estimated 5000 dance students and professionals since 2012. Dancers require specialist care from medical practitioners who understand the demands and requirements of professional dance training and performance. The four NHS Dance Injury clinics at Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital Stanmore, London, Mile End Hospital, London, Royal United Hospital. Bath, and Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham are led by a Sport and Exercise Medicine consultant with experience treating dancers, alongside a dance-specialist physiotherapist. Each clinic can refer to a wider multidisciplinary team including podiatrists, surgeons, dieticians and psychologists/psychiatrists.

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HEALTHCARE PRACTITIONERS’ DIRECTORY

Our free searchable online database lists private medical, psychological, and complementary healthcare practitioners who are based throughout the UK and recommended by members of the dance profession. In March 2023, 22 Healthcare Practitioners were listed on the Directory, with 13 members experienced working with those with disabilities. The list currently includes dance specialist osteopaths, physicians, Pilates practitioners, counsellors, Somatic Movement Educators, podiatrists, dieticians, massage therapists, chartered physiotherapists, acupuncturists, yoga practitioners, and Franklin practitioners.

PERFORMANCE OPTIMISATION PACKAGE (POP)

One Dance UK offers the Performance Optimisation Package (POP) which is designed to help dancers maintain health, fitness, and optimum performance through the provision of a health cash plan and in March 2023, there were 77 active POP members. We also offer optional dance specific musculoskeletal screening including advice from dance-specialist physiotherapists and fitness specialists. This complements the existing specialist healthcare available at National Institute of Dance Medicine and Science (NIDMS) NHS clinics and is available as an add-on to One Dance UK individual membership. Companies and schools can also add it to their existing offer for dancers ~~.~~

POP Taster Screening, developed in 2021, is a free opportunity to experience a miniature POP dance specific musculoskeletal screening offered to freelancers, students, and dancers of small to mid-scale companies. 2022 evaluation suggests that key incentives for attending taster screening were to gain a greater understanding of individual capabilities, injury prevention, how to improve and develop practice, and to learn more about POP. POP Taster Screening attendees feel better informed of the work of ODUK and NIDMS because of attending POP screening, and most attendees would be highly likely to recommend POP to a friend or colleague.

“I thoroughly enjoyed the POP Taster day at Laban. Everyone was so friendly and welcoming, and it felt like a safe place to ask questions and even meet new people. I learned some valuable insights from the screening that I wouldn't have known had I not come which will enable me to better the way I train in the future and ensure I am more mindful of injury prevention. I thoroughly recommend attending”. – Trinity Laban attendee

BHSF RISE HEALTH & WELLBEING SERVICE

We completed a pilot of the new health and wellbeing service we are developing as an add on to One Dance UK membership, working with British Academy Fellow Dr. Karen Wood (Associate Professor at Coventry University’s Centre for Dance Research, CDaRE) and a group of freelancers she was working with. We plan to introduce this new service as an add on to membership with the launch of refreshed membership benefits and a new website in the 2023/24 financial year. In addition to the usual employee assistance programme benefits of personal legal and financial/debt advice, our health and wellbeing service also includes telephone and face-to-face counselling, psychiatric assessment, complex case support and complex case management, and confidential expert carer support and advice.

SAFEGUARDING IN UK DANCE ORGANISATIONS

As a part of our ongoing collaboration with NIDMS and the University of Birmingham, in 2022, we continued to investigate safeguarding in dance by exploring the experiences of diverse current and former dancers of safe dance environments, specifically focussing on the perceptions of what characterises a safe dance environment, and researched how teachers are seen to contribute to creating a safe dance environments. A summary of the research findings from 22-23 was published by partner Dr Grace Tidmarsh from the University of Birmingham (see article here). We also determined the plans for the research in 2023/24, which will extend the 2022/23research by enhancing participant recruitment and diversity.

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GROWING UP IN DANCE (GuiDANCE)

In July 2022 representatives from the Royal Ballet School, Royal Academy of Dance and One Dance UK met in Birmingham to develop best practice guidelines for the dance sector based on the findings from this research project, and discussions of GuiDANCE research results formed the starting point for what best practice in growth and maturation should look like in the wider dance sector. Dr Siobhan Mitchell was awarded additional funding from the ESRC to continue collaborations to investigate how to support health and wellbeing among dancers during growth and maturation. Funding will support the establishment of a network across members of partner organisations to support the application of work developed in the GuiDANCE project to hold regular meetings (approximately every 2-3 months) across a period of twelve months, to co-create resources and practice in line with the best practice guidelines developed in the GuiDANCE project, stablish a repository of information and resources led by the network, to provide a space for collaborating organisations to work together towards something which benefits the dance sector as a whole, and to include learning from guest speakers from other settings such as sport and education.

RELATIVE ENERGY DEFICIENCY IN DANCE

Relative Energy Deficiency (RED) is a complex syndrome that occurs when individuals consume less energy through their diet than the energy they require to sustain themselves and partake in their everyday activities, which is linked to a variety of health risks. Following the consensus statement of the International Olympic Committee on RED in Sport, a group of dance experts from The Royal Ballet, Birmingham Royal Ballet, English National Ballet, and Scottish Ballet began work in 2022 to produce a similar statement with advice on detecting and managing RED in dance. One Dance UK and NIDMS will support the project by disseminating this information to the UK Dance and Dance Medicine and Science sectors through creation of sector-facing dissemination of resources to be shared at a launch event at which key communities, funders, and decision makers will hear from keynote speakers on how to implement best practice and research into dance practice, and create a lecture series disseminating medical management strategies for RED-D, led by clinical leads in ballet healthcare.

INDUSTRY STANDARDS FOR DANCERS’ HEALTH AND WELLBEING

Developed in 2022, the NIDMS Best Practice Standards are a benchmark for dance organisations in the UK to be recognised for existing good practice in healthcare, dance science support, and health education for dance professionals and students, and provide guidance to enhance support dance professional and student health, wellbeing and performance. Organisations wishing to be recognised for a Best Practice Mark will be required to provide evidence of their ability to meet the criteria and agree to possible visits from a NIDMS representative to view the environment and check criteria are met. Organisations will be invited to join closed networking groups for exchange on dance medicine and science, and will be invited to CPD and roundtables on specific topics in dance professionals’ and students’ health. Organisations will be given preferential rates on NIDMS Performance Optimisation Packages, Screenings, and One Dance UK membership. The guidelines have been fully approved by the NIDMS partners and are in the process of being designed for launch in 2023/24.

HEALTHIER DANCER PROGRAMME (HDP) FACEBOOK GROUP

The Facebook Group for the Healthier Dancer Programme, established in April 2021 to boost engagement with audiences interested in dancers’ health, wellbeing, performance, and dance medicine science, currently has 354 members. All content that is released on the Healthier Dancer Programme Facebook page is reviewed in line with our quality assurance policy, to ensure that material is: up-to-date, genuine, audiencespecific, and evidenced (where appropriate).

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ONE DANCE UK AWARDS 2022

‘ As the One Dance UK Awards were held in Bristol last year, it felt important and timely to host a panel that highlighted dance in the southwest. It gave us a moment to celebrate the great work we do and to share the challenges we face as we navigated the challenging times coming out of the pandemic. Since the panel, I have been in further conversations with artists in the region and nationally, advocating for the value of artist-led spaces and the innovative ways in which we can drive positive change in our society. ’ Dr. Victor Fung, Artistic Director, Pavilion Dance South West

‘ This event is so important as it creates awareness and creates a discussion which is so vital .’ One Dance UK Awards 2022 attendee

‘ The team were super welcoming and the venue amazing! I really enjoyed the nod to the artists and community the event was held in. I was there with dance artists who had been nominated and whilst they didn’t win, they felt celebrated and enjoyed being part of the event .’ One Dance UK Awards 2022 attendee

The One Dance UK Awards 2022 celebrated, championed, and promoted the achievements of the sector across the previous 12 months, whilst spotlighting the diverse and vibrant dance ecology in Bristol and the Southwest region. This included working closely with our partner Impermanence to source technicians, catering, dressing of the space and performers based in Bristol for the ceremony and panel discussion.

The Awards returned to an in-person celebration for the first time post-pandemic with 120 nominees and their guests attending a live event co-hosted at the Mount Without in Bristol, home of the Awards 2022 coproducer and organisational member Impermanence who also performed live alongside Bristol Ballroom Our objective was to provide a live Awards ceremony which promoted the host city and surrounding region on a national scale.

We received a total of 5447 nominations including 5003 nominations for the People’s Choice Award which is an increase of 59% since 2021’s ceremony.

MEMBERSHIP

Like many other membership organisations we have seen a decline in membership over the 2022/23 financial year, due mostly to the impact of vastly increased energy prices and the effects of the cost-of-living crisis on both organisations and individuals. We surveyed non-renewing members as their memberships lapsed to ascertain the main reasons for them letting their membership expire. The key reasons cited were financial (loss of funding and/or closure for organisational members, and affordability at the time of renewal for individual members), and a lack of understanding of membership benefits and/or the value of membership (mostly individuals citing that they had not used their membership or did not think they needed it anymore).

We continue to provide a consistent service and receive very high satisfaction ratings for all programmes, engaging with our members and supporting their needs through the resources, advocacy, training, networks and other bespoke support services which are all part of our membership offer. We acknowledge the need to strengthen and clarify our offer, and the team worked hard through 2022/23 to define and articulate a simpler and clearer summary of refreshed key membership benefits. We continue to strive to ensure we understand the current support needs of the sector we serve and have carried out a huge amount of work on preparing for the implementation of a new CRM solution in 2023/24. We have refreshed our CPD offer to reinvigorate Teacher, Trainee Teacher, and Educational Establishment memberships, and developed a new CPD Snippet series which will replace the previous bookable, ticketed programme in 2023/24. We aim within

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the next year to further improve the membership experience, value of benefits, access to offers and the members area on our new website, with more targeted communications around membership.

Throughout the 2022/23 financial year, we have:

Our membership at 31 March 2023 stood at 963

OUR PRIORITIES

DATA, EQUITY, BALANCE AND BELONGING

We are building our capacity to collect and analyse data in order to be able to present more convincing arguments and a stronger evidence base on the impact of sustained and increased investment in the dance sector.

We advocate an equitable, diverse and inclusive dance ecology that accurately reflects the multiple voices in dance and the dance community which everyone should feel included in.

We continue to develop benchmarks to map the make-up of our staff, members and the participants of our programmes, and the broader dance community. We will continue to identify and prioritise diversity gaps and build sustainable relationships that better represent the balance of the dance ecology.

We encourage our partners and members to be respectfully open and honest with us so that we can grow together and celebrate the richness of every person and idea.

OUR ENVIRNOMENTAL RESPONSIBILITY

We are furthering our commitment to leveraging partnerships and facilitating important conversations, to ensure our dance ecology remains informed and can take relevant action to reduce the impact of the climate crisis. In partnership with The Theatre Green Book we have formalised a toolkit, which brings together sustainability experts and organisations to create a common standard for progressing sustainability within dance spaces. We will continue to build our understanding towards becoming more sustainable, including the challenges faced by our member and non-member communities.

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FUNDRAISING ACTIVITIES

We have continued to deepen our relationship with funders and sustained current funding including with Arts Council England (securing regular funding as an NPO in the 2023-26 Investment Period) and the Paul Hamlyn Foundation. Our Head of Membership and Business Development is developin ~~g a~~ new fundraising approach, supporting current and new areas of revenue.

We engaged one fundraiser with contracted obligation and company monitoring of compliance with the Charities Act 2016 and guidance from the Fundraising Regulator's voluntary regulation scheme. We required and monitored protection around vulnerable people and members of the public from unreasonable intrusion on a person’s privacy, unreasonably persistent approaches for the purpose of soliciting or otherwise procuring money or other property on behalf of the charity or placing undue pressure on a person to give money or other property. These fit with our safeguarding policy on all activities. There were no complaints received by One Dance UK or our fundraiser for our fundraising activities.

PLANS FOR THE FUTURE

New Strategic Roadmap and Governance Review

We completed a strategic review conducted by the Board and senior staff and developed a new strategic roadmap to ensure our resources and operations continually maximise the social impact and benefit to our members and beneficiaries, articulating five new strategic focus areas:

The Trustees promote regular reviews of the charity’s strategy in line with their Good Governance responsibilities. Board reports and meetings have been adjusted to keep track and monitor the progress of the updated strategic plans. The most recent strategic review was completed in 2022.

Trustee Recruitment

We carried out a Skills Audit of our Board at the end of 2022-23, and recruited two new Trustees in May 2023, one of whom is now also acting as Vice Chair of the Board. Further Trustees will be recruited over the coming 18 months to continue to refresh Board membership and ensure the range of skills amongst Trustees reflects the current make-up and needs of the organisation, our membership and the broader sector.

Membership

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Awards

One Dance UK’s Award will take place in Coventry on 16[th] February at The Box FarGo Village. The ceremony and performances are co-designed in partnership with Ascension Dance Company and champion the vibrant and diverse dance offer in the city and wider Midlands region, as well as the important contributions of so many amazing individuals and organisations from across the UK dance sector. Other partners include Motionhouse, Lakshmi Srinivasan, Coventry University’s Centre of Dance Research (C-DaRE), Mercurial Dance, and Marius Mates.

Leading Systemic Change

Chief Executive, Andrew Hurst, and Head of Children & Young People’s Dance, Laura Nicholson, will be taking part in the Clore Leadership Programme’s ‘Leading Systemic Change: Scale and Complexity’ over the course of 2024. We are excited about the opportunity to build organisational confidence and skill, enabling us to choose and operationalise approaches confidently, and with agility whilst becoming part of an inspiring and resourceful peer network with a collective understanding, creative empathy and practical support borne of shared experiences.

Ramps on the Moon Change Partner programme

We are finalising plans to join this programme of support for embedded change with 2 cohorts of performing arts organisations committed to disability equality and anti-ableism. We expect to be part of the first cohort beginning this work in early 2024. The programme has been designed and will be delivered in partnership between Ramps on the Moon and People Make It Work, based on the demonstrable success of founding partners’ work elevating the place of disabled people in mainstream theatre, and contains elements which the founding partners have identified as key drivers of change.

FINANCIAL REVIEW

In the year to 31 March 2023 we made a deficit of £209 (a surplus of £45,108 in the year to 31 March 2022).

We recognise that inflationary pressures and the return to face-to-face activities will make for a difficult year in 2023/24. We have budgeted for cost reductions, recognising our lower income levels of 2022/23 and anticipated ongoing inflationary pressures. We expect to break-even or experience a small deficit.

The Trustees are satisfied that One Dance UK is a going concern at the time of signing the accounts as:

We are a National Portfolio Organisation within Arts Council England’s Investment Programme 2023-26, which has now been extended to March 2027. Arts Council England is our largest funder with funding used to meet our programme of activities and contribute to core costs.

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PRINCIPAL RISKS AND MANAGEMENT

Our Trustees have a risk management strategy which comprises:

The Trustees have identified that inflationary pressures, a tight labour market, and ongoing recovery Covid19 along with the impact of the cost-of-living crisis and increased energy prices are the major risks in meeting fundraising and income targets, and maintaining smooth operations to ensure we serve beneficiaries and maintain financial resilience.

The risks have been mitigated through:

We regularly review the fundraising achieved against targets to make any adjustments to our activities should the need arise.

RESERVES AND RESERVES POLICY

The Trustees of the charity have set the unrestricted reserves policy at a level so that there are sufficient funds to cover:

The Trustees have set a range of £300,000 to £350,000 as an appropriate level of unrestricted reserves for the future plans of the charity.

The Trustees have designated £99,212 of general funds for the purchase and implementation of a cloudbased CRM system and upgraded website for membership, events, marketing, donations and reporting. This system will be brought into operation in the year 2023/24. The costs incurred to date (£63,345) is represented as Fixed Assets in the accounts, and will begin to depreciate in the next financial year.

At the year end, the Charity held £376k in unrestricted and undesignated funds, marginally above the level required by trustees (2022: £347k).

At 31 March 2023, the Charity held £5,670 (2022: £2,701) in restricted funds for specific projects.

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STRUCTURE, GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT

Governing document

One Dance UK is a company limited by guarantee governed by its Memorandum and Articles of Association dated 11 May 1994. It is registered as a charity with the Charity Commission. Anyone over the age of 18 can become a member of the Company and there are currently 963 members, each of whom agrees to contribute £1 in the event of the charity winding up.

Appointment of Trustees

As set out in the Articles of Association the Trustees are appointed by members of One Dance UK at the Annual General Meeting (AGM) or by postal vote. The Trustees shall retire from office at the fourth AGM following the AGM at which his or her current term commenced. Any Trustee who has served two consecutive terms can only be re-appointed after a one-year break from office.

All members are circulated with notice at least 21 days prior to the AGM advising them of the retiring Trustees and requesting votes for any newly proposed Trustees for the AGM. If a vacancy on the Board occurs between AGMs the Board may co-opt a person to serve until the next AGM when such person may stand for election. If the Trustees determine that the Board is lacking any particular skill then the Trustees may appoint an additional three Trustees at any time with a term not exceeding four years from the AGM that their appointment was accepted by members.

Trustee induction and training

New Trustees are required to have an induction into all key areas of One Dance UK’s work and its constitution, and to be briefed on their legal obligations prior to their first Board meeting. They must sign a ‘fit and proper person’ declaration, conflict of interest memorandum, and are provided with good governance documentation, financial and management accounts, the Memorandum and Articles of Association and the latest business plan.

Organisation

The Board of Trustees, which can have up to 20 members, is responsible for decisions regarding policy and overall direction. The Board monitors progress of programmes and initiatives, finance and other developments at quarterly meetings and reports to the membership at the AGM. There is a Finance subcommittee that meets quarterly to report finance and risk matters to the Trustees.

A Chief Executive is appointed by the Trustees to manage the day-to-day operations of the charity. To facilitate effective operations, the Chief Executive has delegated authority, within terms of delegation approved by the Trustees, for operational matters including finance, employment, project and programme delivery and fundraising

RELATED PARTIES AND UMBRELLA NETWORKS

None of our Trustees receive remuneration or other benefit from their work with the charity. Any Connection between a Trustee or senior manager of the charity with a related party must be disclosed to the full board of Trustees in the same way as any other contractual relationship with a related party. In the current year no such related party transactions were reported.

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There were no related party transactions in the year to 31 March 2023

The charity is a paying member of umbrella groups Creative UK, Culture Counts and the UK Dance Network. The charity is also a non-paying participant of other umbrella groups that are WhatNext? ~~an~~ d the Cultural Learning Alliance. Our membership and affiliations do not impact on the operating policies adopted by the charity.

COVID-19 control measures on our wider network have not impacted our operations.

TRUSTEES’ RESPONSIBILITIES IN RELATION TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

The Charity Trustees (who are also the Directors of One Dance UK for the purposes of company law) are responsible for preparing a Trustees’ annual report and financial statements in accordance with applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice).

Company law requires the Charity Trustees to prepare financial statements for each year which give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the charitable company and of the incoming resources and application of resources, including the income and expenditure, of the Charity for that period. In preparing the financial statements, the trustees are required to:

  1. select suitable accounting policies and then apply them consistently;

  2. observe the methods and principles in the Charities SORP;

  3. make judgements and estimates that are reasonable and prudent;

  4. state whether applicable UK accounting standards have been followed, subject to any material departures disclosed and explained in the financial statements;

  5. prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the charity will continue in business.

The Trustees are responsible for keeping proper accounting records that disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the Charity and to enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Companies Act 2006. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the Charity and hence taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.

The Trustees are responsible for the maintenance and integrity of the corporate and financial information included on the Charitable company’s website. Legislation in the United Kingdom governing the preparation and dissemination of financial statements may differ from legislation in other jurisdictions

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REPORT AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2023

One Dance UK has taken advantage of the small companies exemption in preparing the directors report for the year to 31[st] March 2023

By order of the Board of Trustees

Amanda Skoog MNZM, Chair Director

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REPORT AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2023

CONTENTS Page
Reference and Administrative Details of the Company 21
Independent Auditor’s Report 22
Statement of Financial Activities 23
Balance Sheet 24
Statement of Cash Flows 25
Notes to the Financial Statements 26

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REFERENCE AND ADMINSTRATIVE DETAILS OF THE COMPANY

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2023

Trustees

Amanda Skoog (Chair) Andrew Carrick Anthony Bowne David Watson (resigned 7 April 2022) Denise Nurse Jane Mary Bonham-Carter Julian Flitter Susannah Simons Victoria Igbokwe (resigned 7 April 2022)

Company registered number: 2931636
Charity registered number: 801552
Registered office: Dance Hub, Thorp Street, Birmingham, B5 4TB
Chief executive: Andrew Hurst
Independent Examiner: Jane Askew, Haysmacintyre LLP, 10 Queen Street, London
EC4R 1AG
Bankers: Cater Allan, 9 Nelson Street, Bradford, BD1 5AN
CAF Bank Ltd, 25 Kings Hill Avenue, West Malling
Kent ME19 4JQ
HSBC Bank Plc, 18 Ballards Lane, Church End, Finchley, London,
N3
Solicitors: Level Law, 20-22 Shelton Street, Covent Garden
London, WC2H 9JJ

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INDEPENDENT EXAMINER’S REPORT TO THE MEMBERS OF ONE DANCE UK

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2023

I report to the Trustees on my examination of the accounts of One Dance UK for the year ended 31 March 2023 which are set out on pages 23 to 39.

Respective responsibilities of trustees and examiner

The trustees (who are also the directors of the company for the purposes of company law) are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006 (“the 2006 Act”). The trustees are satisfied that an audit is not required for this year under section 144(2) of the Charities Act 2011 (the 2011 Act) and have chosen instead to have an independent examination.

Having satisfied myself that the accounts of the charitable company are not required to be audited under Part 16 of the 2006 Act and are eligible for independent examination, I report in respect of my examination of the charitable company’s accounts as carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act. In carrying out my examination I have followed the requirements of the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the 2011 Act.

Independent examiner’s statement

Since the charity’s income is in excess of £250,000 your examiner must be a member of a body listed in the 2011 Act. I can confirm that I am qualified to undertake the examination because I am a registered member of the ICAEW which is one of the listed bodies.

I have completed my examination. I confirm that no matters have come to my attention giving me cause to believe that in any material respect:

  1. accounting records were not kept in respect of the Company as required by section 386 of the 2006 Act; or

  2. the accounts do not accord with those records; or

  3. the accounts do not comply with the accounting requirements of section 396 of the 2006 Act other than any requirement that the accounts give a ‘true and fair view which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination; or

  4. the accounts have not been prepared in accordance with the methods and principles of the Statement of Recommended Practice for accounting and reporting by charities [applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102)].

I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.

Jane Askew FCA Haysmacintyre LLP 10 Queen Street Place London EC4R 1AG Date:

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STATEMENT OF FINANICAL ACTIVITIES (INCORPORATING THE INCOME & EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT)

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2023

Unrestricted Restricted
Funds Funds Total Total
2023 2023 2023 2022
Note £ £ £ £
Income from:
Donations and legacies 2 790,759 69,000 859,759 1,123,348
Charitable activities 3 89,428 - 89,428 102,432
Fundraising activities 4 10,150 - 10,150 23,550
Other income 3,103 - 3,103 21
──────── ──────── ─────── ───────
Total income 893,440 69,000 962,440 1,249,351
──────── ──────── ─────── ───────
Expenditure on:
Raising funds 72,712 - 72,712 66,610
Charitable activities 5,6 823,906 66,031 889,937 1,137,633
──────── ──────── ─────── ───────
Total expenditure 7 896,618 66,031 962,649 1,204,243
──────── ──────── ─────── ───────
Net income (3,178) 2,969 (209) 45,108
Transfers between funds - - - -
──────── ──────── ─────── ───────
Net movement in funds (3,178) 2,969 (209) 45,108
Reconciliation of funds:
Total funds brought forward 14 478,462 2,701 481,163 436,055
──────── ──────── ─────── ───────
Total funds carried forward 14 475,284 5,670 480,954 481,163
============ ============ =========== ===========

All income derives from continuing activities.

The notes on pages 26 to 39 part of these financial statements.

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ONE DANCE UK (a Company Limited by Guarantee)Company Number: 2931636

BALANCE SHEET

AT 31 MARCH 2023

2023 2022
Note £ £ £ £
Fixed assets
Intangible assets 10 63,345 21,936
Tangible assets 11 954 2,145
--------------------- ---------------------
64,299 24,081
Current assets
Debtors 12 104,595 79,688
Cash at bank and in hand 426,979 523,738
--------------------- ---------------------
531,574 603,426
Creditors:Amounts falling due within
one year 13 (114,919) (146,344)
--------------------- ---------------------
Net current assets 416,655 457,082
--------------------- ---------------------
Total net assets 480,954 481,163
========== ==========
Charity Funds
Restricted funds 14 5,670 2,701
Unrestricted funds 14 475,284 478,462
--------------------- ---------------------
Total funds 480,954 481,163
========== ==========

For the financial year in question the company was entitled to exemption under section 477 of the Companies Act relating to small companies.

No members have required the company to obtain an audit of its accounts for the year in question in accordance with section 476 of the Companies Act 2006.

The directors acknowledge their responsibility for complying with the requirements of the Act with respect to accounting records and for the preparation of accounts.

The company’s financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the provisions applicable to companies subject to the small companies regime and in accordance with The Charities SORP (FRS 102).

The financial statements were approved and authorised for issue by the Trustees on and signed on their behalf by:

Amanda Skoog, Director

Julian Flitter, Director

The notes on pages 26 to 39 form part of these financial statements.

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STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2023

2023 2022
Note £ £
Cash flows from operating activities
Net cash used in/(provided by) operating
activities 16 (32,634) (40,657)
--------------------- ---------------------
Cash flows from investing activities:
Purchase of fixed assets (64,125) (840)
--------------------- ---------------------
Net cash used in investing activities (64,125) (840)
--------------------- ---------------------
Change in cash and cash equivalents in the year (96,759) (41,497)
Cash and cash equivalents brought forward 523,738 565,235
--------------------- ---------------------
Cash and cash equivalents carried forward 426,979 523,738
========== =========
At 31 March
At 1 April 2022 Cash Flows 2023
Analysis of changes in net debt £ £ £
Cash and cash equivalents 523,738 (96,759) 426,979
========== ========== ==========

The notes on pages 26 to 39 form part of these financial statements.

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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2023

1. Accounting policies

1.1 Basis of preparation of the financial statements

The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102), Charities SORP (FRS 102) (Second edition – effective 1 January 2019), and the Companies Act 2006.

One Dance UK meets the definition of a public benefit entity under FRS 102. Assets and liabilities are initially recognised at historical cost or transaction value unless otherwise stated in the relevant accounting policy.

1.2 Company status

The company is a company limited by guarantee. The members of the company are the Trustees named on page 1. In the event of the company being wound up, the liability in respect of the guarantee is limited to £1 per member of the company.

1.3 Going concern

The trustees consider that there are no material uncertainties about the Charity’s ability to continue as a going concern at the time of signing the accounts as:

1.4 Income

All income is recognised once the company has entitlement to the income, it is probable that the income will be received and the amount of income receivable can be measured reliably.

For legacies, entitlement is taken as the earlier of the date on which either: the company is aware that probate has been granted, the estate has been finalised and notification has been made by the executor(s) to the Charity that a distribution will be made, or when a distribution is received from the estate. Receipt of a legacy, in whole or in part, is only considered probable when the amount can be measured reliably and the Charity has been notified of the executor’s intention to make a distribution. Where legacies have been notified to the charity, or the charity is aware of the granting of probate, and the criteria for income recognition have not been met, then the legacy is treated as a contingent asset and disclosed if material.

Income tax recoverable in relation to donations received under Gift Aid or deeds of covenant is recognised at the time of the donation.

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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2023

Accounting policies (continued)

1.8 Expenditure

Expenditure is recognised once there is a legal or constructive obligation to transfer economic benefit to a third party, it is probable that a transfer of economic benefits will be required in settlement and the amount of the obligation can be measured reliably. Expenditure is classified by activity. The costs of each activity are made up of the total of direct costs and shared costs, including support costs involved in undertaking each activity. Direct costs attributable to a single activity are allocated directly to that activity. Shared costs which contribute to more than one activity and support costs which are not attributable to a single activity are apportioned between those activities on a basis consistent with the use of resources. Central staff costs are allocated on the basis of time spent, and depreciation charges allocated on the portion of the asset’s use.

Fundraising costs are those incurred in seeking voluntary contributions and do not include the costs of disseminating information in support of the charitable activities. Support costs are those costs incurred directly in support of expenditure on the objects of the company.

Charitable activities are costs incurred on the company’s operations, including support costs and costs relating to the governance of the company apportioned to charitable activities.

1.9 Intangible fixed assets and amortisation

Intangible assets costing £1,000 or more are capitalised and recognised when future economic benefits are probable and the cost or value of the asset can be measured reliably. Intangible assets are initially recognised at cost and are subsequently measured at cost net of amortisation and any provision for impairment. Amortisation is charged over a period of five years.

1.10Tangible fixed assets and depreciation

All assets costing more than £500 are capitalised at cost.

A review for impairment of a fixed asset is carried out if events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying value of any fixed asset may not be recoverable. Shortfalls between the carrying value of fixed assets and their recoverable amounts are recognised as impairments. Impairment losses are recognised in the Statement of Financial Activities incorporating Income and Expenditure Account.

Tangible fixed assets are carried at cost, net of depreciation and any provision for impairment. Depreciation is provided at rates calculated to write off the cost of fixed assets, less their estimated residual value, over their expected useful lives on the following bases:

Office equipment – 50% and 33% on cost

1.8 Interest receivable

Interest on funds held on deposit is included when receivable and the amount can be measured reliably by the company; this is normally upon notification of the interest paid or payable by the Bank.

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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2023

ONE DANCE UK

1. Accounting policies (continued)

1.9 Debtors

Trade and other debtors are recognised at the settlement amount after any trade discount offered. Prepayments are valued at the amount prepaid net of any trade discounts due.

1.10 Cash at Bank and in hand

Cash at bank and in hand includes cash and short term highly liquid investments with a short maturity of three months or less from the date of acquisition or opening of the deposit or similar account.

1.11 Liabilities and provisions

Liabilities are recognised when there is an obligation at the Balance Sheet date as a result of a past event, it is probable that a transfer of economic benefit will be required in settlement, and the amount of the settlement can be estimated reliably. Liabilities are recognised at the amount that the company anticipates it will pay to settle the debt or the amount it has received as advanced payments for the goods or services it must provide. Provisions are measured at the best estimate of the amounts required to settle the obligation. Where the effect of the time value of money is material, the provision is based on the present value of those amounts, discounted at the pre-tax discount rate that reflects the risks specific to the liability. The unwinding of the discount is recognised within interest payable and similar charges.

1.12 Financial instruments

The company only has financial assets and financial liabilities of a kind that qualify as basic financial instruments. Basic financial instruments are initially recognised at transaction value and subsequently measured at their settlement value with the exception of bank loans which are subsequently measured at amortised cost using the effective interest method.

1.13 Pensions

The company operates a defined contribution pension scheme and the pension charge represents the amounts payable by the company to the fund in respect of the year.

1.14 Fund accounting

General funds are unrestricted funds which are available for use at the discretion of the Trustees in furtherance of the general objectives of the company and which have not been designated for other purposes.

Restricted funds are funds which are to be used in accordance with specific restrictions imposed by donors or which have been raised by the company for particular purposes. The costs of raising and administering such funds are charged against the specific fund. The aim and use of each restricted fund is set out in the notes to the financial statements.

Investment income, gains and losses are allocated to the appropriate fund.

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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2023

1. Accounting policies (continued)

1.15 Critical accounting judgements and estimation uncertainty

In the application of the accounting policies, the Trustees are required to make judgement, estimates, and assumptions about the carrying value of assets and liabilities that are not readily apparent from other sources. The estimates and underlying assumptions are based on historical experience and other factors that are considered to be relevant. Actual results may differ from these estimates.

The estimates and underlying assumptions are reviewed on an ongoing basis. Revisions to accounting estimates are recognised in the period in which the estimate is revised if the revision affects only that period, or in the period of the revision and future periods if the revision affected current and future periods.

In the view of the Trustees, no assumptions concerning the future or estimation uncertainty affecting assets or liabilities at the balance sheet date are likely to result in a material adjustment to their carrying amounts in the next financial year.

1.16 Subsidiary Holdings

One Dance UK is the sole shareholder in 4 dormant companies registered in England and Wales. None of the companies have traded during the year or the previous year. There are no assets or liabilities in the companies, and they have not been consolidated in these financial statements on the basis of immateriality.

One Dance UK Trading Limited 9532327

ADAAAD Limited 10274996 YDNE Limited 10274857 NDTA Limited 10275179

2. Income from donations and legacies

Unrestricted Restricted
Funds Funds Total
£ £ £
2023
Donations 26,959 - 26,959
Grants 763,800 69,000 832,800
----------------------- ---------------------- --------------------
Total 2023 790,759 69,000 859,759
========== ========== =========
2022
Donations 1,108 - 1,108
Grants 763,800 358,440 1,122,240
----------------------- ---------------------- --------------------
Total 2022 764,908 358,440 1,123,348
========== ========== =========

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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2023

2. Income from donations and legacies (continued)

The company recognised Public Funding income from:

Arts Council
England
£
2023
Core 763,800
Dance Passion 25,000
-----------------------
Total 2023 788,800
===========
Arts Council Sport England
England £
£
2022
Core 763,800 -
Dance Passion 225,000 -
Dance On - 93,441
--------------------- ------------------
Total 2022 988,800 93,441
========== =========
come from charitable activities
Unrestricted Restricted
Funds Funds
Total
£ £
£
Projects 2023 89,428 -
89,428
========= ======== =========
Projects 2022 102,432 -
102,432
========= ======== =========
undraising income
Unrestricted Restricted
Funds Funds
Total
£ £
£
2023
Fundraising events 150 -
150
Sponsorship 10,000 -
10,000
----------------------- ---------------------- ---------------------
Total 2023 10,150 -
10,150
=========== =========== ==========
2022
Fundraising events 15,000 -
15,000
Sponsorship 8,550 -
8,550
----------------------- ---------------------- ---------------------
Total 2022 23,550 -
23,550
=========== =========== ==========

3. Income from charitable activities

4. Fundraising income

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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2023

5. Charitable activities - Direct costs Total Total
2023 2022
£ £
Project expenditure 168,680 398,893
Wages and salaries 226,516 225,618
National insurance 22,906 36,605
Pension costs 5,090 6,808
------------------ ------------------
423,192 667,924
========== ==========
6. Charitable activities - Support costs Total Total
2023 2022
£ £
Office overheads 12,339 76,328
Administration costs 78,247 29,786
Professional finance 25,698 33,489
Governance 3,044 12,030
IT and software 23,492 30,429
Wages and salaries 288,293 278,510
National insurance 29,153 3,999
Pension cost 6,479 5,138
------------------ ------------------
466,745 469,709
========== ==========
7. Analysis of expenditure by expenditure type
Staff costs Other costs Total
2023 2023 2023
£ £ £
Fundraising team costs 41,912 30,800 72,712
Charitable activities 578,437 311,500 889,937
------------------ ------------------ ------------------
620,349 342,300 962,649
========= ========= =========
Staff costs Other costs Total
2022 2022 2022
£ £ £
Fundraising team costs 36,549 30,061 66,610
Charitable activities 556,678 580,955 1,137,633
------------------ ------------------ ------------------
593,227 611,016 1,204,243
========= ========= =========

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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2023

8. Net income/(expenditure)

Net income/(expenditure)
Total Total
This is stated after charging: 2023 2022
£ £
Depreciation of tangible fixed assets:
Owned by the charity 1,191 10,930
Amortisation of intangible fixed assets 22,716 21,936
Auditors’ remuneration – audit - 12,000
Independent examiner’s fees 3,000 -
========== ==========

During the year, no Trustees received any remuneration (2022 - £NIL). During the year, no Trustees received any benefits in kind (2022 - £NIL). During the year, no Trustees received any reimbursement of expenses (2022 - £Nil).

9. Staff costs

Staff costs were as follows:
Total Total
2023 2022
£ £
Wages and salaries 556,721 540,677
Social security costs 52,059 40,604
Pension costs 11,569 11,946
-------------------- --------------------
620,349 593,227
========== ==========
The average number of persons employed by the company during the year was as follows:
2023 2022
No. No.
Administration and projects 19 18
========== ==========
The number of higher paid employees was:
2023 2022
No. No.
Earning between £60,000 - £70,000 1 1
========== ==========

The Chief Executive, Finance Director and the heads of departments represent the key management of the Charity. Remuneration and benefits received by key management personnel in the year were £243,646 (2022 - £243,442).

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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2023

10. Intangible fixed assets
Software
£
Cost
At 1 April 2022 111,239
Additions 64,125
--------------------
At 31 March 2023 175,364
=========
Amortisation
At 1 April 2022 89,303
Charge for the year 22,716
-------------------
At 31 March 2023 112,019
==========
Carrying amount
At 31 March 2023 63,345
==========
At 31 March 2022 21,936
==========
Tangible fixed assets
11. Office
Equipment
£
Cost
At 1 April 2022 62,298
Additions -
-------------------
At 31 March 2023 62,298
==========
Depreciation
At 1 April 2022 60,153
Charge for the year 1,191
------------------
At 31 March 2023 61,344
==========
Net book value
At 31 March 2023 954
==========
At 31 March 2022 2,145
==========

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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2023

12. Debtors
Total Total
2023 2022
£ £
Trade debtors 7,309 25,946
Other debtors 10,740 49,493
Prepayments and accrued income 86,546 4,249
---------------- ----------------
104,595 79,688
======== ========
13. Creditors: Amounts falling due within one year
2023 2022
£ £
Trade creditors 38,741 45,794
Other taxation and social security 41,168 14,699
Accruals and deferred income 35,010 85,851
---------------- ----------------
114,919 146,344
======== ========

14. Statement of funds

Balance at Balance at
1 April 2022 Income Expenditure Transfers 31 March 2023
£ £ £ £ £
Unrestricted funds
General Funds 347,210 893,440 (864,720) - 375,930
Designated Funds
CRM 99,212 - - - 99,212
Dance on Toolkit 32,040 - (31,898) - 142
------------------ ------------------ ------------------ ----------------- -----------------
478,462 893,440 (896,618) - 475,284
Restricted funds
Creative Scotland 751 - - - 751
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - 44,000 (44,000) - -
Dance Passion 1,950 25,000 (22,031) - 4,919
------------------ ------------------ ------------------ ----------------- -----------------
2,701 69,000 (66,031) - 5,670
------------------ ------------------ ------------------ ----------------- -----------------
Total of funds 481,163 962,440 (962,649) - 480,954
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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2023

14. Statement of funds (continued) Comparative statement

Comparative statement
Balance at
Balance at 31 March
1 April 2021 Income Expenditure Transfers 2022
£ £ £ £ £
Unrestricted funds
General Funds 317,888 890,911 (859,089) (2,500) 347,210
Designated Funds
CRM 100,000 - (788) - 99.212
Dance on Toolkit - - - 32,040 32,040
-------------------- -------------------- -------------------- -------------------- --------------------
417,888 890,911 (859,877) 29,540 478,462
Restricted funds
Dance On 19,916 93,441 (81,317) (32,040) -
Creative Scotland 751 - - - 751
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - 40,000 (40,000) - -
Research (2,500) - - 2,500 -
Dance Passion - 224,999 (223,049) - 1,950
-------------------- ----------------------- -------------------- -------------------- --------------------
18,167 358,440 (344,366) (29,540) 2,701
-------------------- -------------------- -------------------- -------------------- --------------------
Total of funds 436,055 1,249,351 (1,204,243) - 481,163
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Designated funds

Customer Relationship Database (CRM): The Trustees designated in 2021/22 £100,000 of general funds for the purchase and implementation of a cloud-based CRM system and upgraded website for membership, events, marketing, donations and reporting. Expenditure of £788 was paid during 2021/22. During 2022/23, all payments towards the build of this system were capitalised. As the system will be live during the financial year 2023/24, no amortisation has yet been charged, therefore the value of the designated fund has not changed during the year.

Dance On Toolkit: The Trustees designated in 2021/22 £32,040 to create a ‘Dance On Toolkit’ based on the Dance for Health Links event research sharing to reduce the number of older people who are not achieving 30 minutes of moderate physical activity per week. The fund covers the staff time for each project lead organisation to contribute to creating the tool kit and its subsequent design. One Dance UK disseminates this with contributing partners through One Dance UK and host this on our website. £31,898 was spent during the year.

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ONE DANCE UK

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2023

14. Statement of funds (continued)

Creative Scotland

Creative Scotland provided an Open Project Fund grant to build on the professional development support offered to Scottish dancers, choreographers and dance students.

Paul Hamlyn Foundation

One Dance UK was awarded a 5-year grant of £40,000 per year from the Backbone Fund as recognition of the important role that One Dance UK plays in the sector and as marking the establishment of a strategic relationship through which Paul Hamlyn Foundation may seek advice from time to time. The grant started in October 2018.

Dance Passion

One Dance UK collaborated with BBC Arts a month-long celebration of dance from February 2022, featuring leading names and exciting new talent across television and online on BBC networks, stations, and platforms. One Dance UK and BBC Arts pulled together talent from across all four nations to create five hour-long programmes from four hubs across the UK: Warwick Arts Centre in Coventry, Theatre Royal Plymouth’s TR2, Leeds’ Northern School of Contemporary Dance, and London’s Sadler’s Wells. Dance Passion 2022 also included thirteen BBC Arts and One Dance UK cocommissioned short films and interactive projects by UK-based professional and community dance companies, independent artists, choreographers, and associated technical partners based in dance education and dance medicine.

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ONE DANCE UK

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2023

15. Analysis of net assets between funds

Analysis of net assets between funds – current year
Unrestricted Restricted Total
Funds Funds Funds
2023 2023 2023
£ £ £
Intangible fixed assets 63,345 - 63,345
Tangible fixed assets 954 - 954
Net current assets 410,985 5,670 416,655
-------------------- -------------------- ---------------------
475,284 5,670 480,954
========== ========== ==========
Analysis of net assets between funds – prior year
Unrestricted Restricted Total
Funds Funds funds
2022 2022 2022
£ £ £
Intangible fixed assets 21,936 - 21,936
Tangible fixed assets 2,145 - 2,145
Net current assets 454,381 2,701 457,082
-------------------- -------------------- ----------------------
478,462 2,701 481,163
========== ========== ==========

16. Reconciliation of net movement in funds to net cash flow from operating activities

Total Total
2023 2022
£ £
Net income/(expenditure) for the year (as per Statement of (209) 45,108
Financial Activities)
Adjustment for:
Depreciation and amortisation charges 23,907 32,866
Decrease/(increase) in debtors (24,907) 22,301
(Decrease)/increase in creditors (31,425) (140,932)
-------------------- --------------------
Net cash provided by/(used in) operating activities (32,634) (40,657)
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ONE DANCE UK

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2023

17. Pension commitments

The company operates a defined contributions pension scheme which was implemented in February 2017. The assets of the scheme are held separately from those of the company in independently administered fund. The pensions cost charge represents contributions payable by the company to the fund and amounted to £13,297 (2022 - £11,946).

18. Operating lease commitments

At 31 March 2023 the total of the Charity’s future minimum lease payments under non-cancellable operating leases was:

leases was:
Office equipment
Total Total
2023 2022
£ £
Amounts payable:
Within 1 year 1,154 1,154
Between 2 and 5 years 1,646 2,800
-------------------- --------------------
2,800 3,954
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19. Related party transactions

Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance, in which Anthony Bowne is a Director, were paid £nil during the year (2022 - £3,206). The transaction was on an arm’s length basis and the trustee received no benefit as a result of the transaction.

As disclosed in note 8, there were no transactions with Trustees in the year (2022 – no transactions).

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ONE DANCE UK

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2023

20.
Statement of financial activities for the year ended 31 March		 20.
Statement of financial activities for the year ended 31 March		 2022
Unrestricted Restricted
Funds Funds
Restated* Restated* Total
2022 2022 2022
£ £ £
Income from:
Donations and legacies 764,908 358,440 1,123,348
Charitable activities 102,432 - 102,432
Fundraising activities 23,550 - 23,550
Other income 21 - 21
──────── ──────── ───────
Total income 890,911 358,440 1,249,351
──────── ──────── ───────
Expenditure on:
Raising funds 66,610 - 66,610
Charitable activities 793,267 344,366 1,137,633
──────── ──────── ───────
Total expenditure 859,877 344,366 1,204,243
──────── ──────── ───────
Net income 31,034 14,074 45,108
Transfers between funds 29,540 (29,540) -
──────── ──────── ───────
Net movement in funds 60,574 (15,466) 45,108
Reconciliation of funds:
Total funds brought forward 417,888 18,167 436,055
──────── ──────── ───────
Total funds carried forward 478,462 2,701 481,163
============ ============ ===========

*** Restatement**

The allocation between restricted and unrestricted funds for both donations and legacies income and expenditure on charitable activities was misstated in the 2022 Statement of Financial Activities. Restricted income from donations and legacies was £15,001 lower than stated, with a corresponding increase in unrestricted income. Likewise, restricted charitable activities expenditure was £15,001 lower than stated with a corresponding increase in unrestricted expenditure. This is corrected in the above comparative Statement of Financial Activities. There is no impact on funds brought forward or carried forward, and the notes to the accounts in 2022 showed the correct income and expenditure position.

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