Charity Details

Dance Base Limited

SC022512Registered charity from 28 March 1994

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Charity Information:

Address Dance Base Ltd
14-16 Grassmarket
Edinburgh

Postcode EH1 2JU

Website www.dancebase.co.uk

Regulatory Type Standard

Link to Companies House https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/

Object:

The Company's objects are: The advancement of public education by the promotion and development of the Arts, and in particular The Arts of Dance in all its forms, music and mime and including without prejudice the foregoing generality, the Arts of drama, opera, cinema, sculpture, painting and other graphic art, poetry and literature.

Operations:

What the charity is set up to do and how it does this:

Dance Base is Scotland’s National Centre for Dance, a charity on a mission to help dance flourish and change lives in Scotland and beyond. We have been at the centre of the dance community in Scotland since 1993. Over the last three decades we have nurtured Scotland’s dance ecology, supported thousands of professional dancers, provided inclusive opportunities for public and community participation in dance and we have built an international reputation as the home of dance in Scotland. Working with peers, networks, funders and sector support organisations, we play a vital role in the wider arts and cultural sector in Edinburgh and Scotland. We deliver over 70 dance classes a week, provide broad reaching support for dance artists, host performances and international exchanges, community projects and more engaging over 57,000 participants and audience members with our mission.

Charity Status: Active

Constitutional Form: Company (the charity is registered with Companies House)

Constitutional Form Date: 28 Mar 1994

Main Operating Location: City of Edinburgh

Number of Staff: 30

Number of Volunteers: 1-50

Purposes: "the advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science"

Beneficiaries: "Children or young people", "Older People", "People with disabilities or health problems", "No specific group, or for the benefit of the community"

Types Of Activity Undertaken: "It carries out activities or services itself"

Annual Submissions:

Year End	Income	Expenditure	Annual Return Received	Accounts Received	Latest Annual Reports and Accounts
31 Mar 2022	£1,236,566	£1,513,245	21 Dec 2022	Yes
31 Mar 2023	£1,424,117	£1,788,457	15 Dec 2023	Yes
31 Mar 2024	£1,003,784	£1,228,510	16 Dec 2024	Yes
31 Mar 2025	£952,296	£1,218,901	09 Dec 2025	Yes	Published accounts can be found on the Companies House website
31 Mar 2026			No	Annual Information due by 31 Dec 2026
If an annual return has been received on time (within nine months of the Year End Date), the 'Annual Return Received' box is green . If an annual return is late, the box is red .

Income and Expenditure:

Charity Trustees:

First Name	Last Name
Wendy	Timmons
Catherine	Nelson-Shaw
Paul	Fitzpatrick
Christine	Devaney
Joan	Lopez-Clevillé
Alice	McGrath
Margaret	Graham
Amelia	Sanders
Jane	McFadzean
Michael	Barlowe
Margaret	Page
Andrew	Brownlie
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