Welsh Dance Theatre Trust Limited
What it does
Community Dance work.
Its charitable purposes
'FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC, TO FOSTER, PROMOTE AND INCREASE THE INTEREST OF THE PUBLIC IN THE KNOWLEDGE, UNDERSTANDING AND PRACTICE OF DANCING (INCLUDING BUT NOT RESTRICTED TO CONTEMPORARY DANCE, COMMUNITY DANCE AND OTHER MODERN DANCE FORMS) AND TO PROMOTE, ASSIST AND PROVIDE FACILITIES FOR PRESENTATIONS OF SUCH DANCING AND TRAINING OF DANCERS AND CHOREOGRAPHERS'
Causes
- What it works on
- General charitable purposes
- Education and training
- Disability
- Arts, culture, heritage and science
- Who it helps
- Children and young people
- Older people
- Disabled people
- People of a particular ethnic or racial origin
- The general public
- How it works
- Provides staff or volunteers
- Provides buildings, facilities or open space
- Provides services
- Other charitable activities
Where it works
- In Wales
- Cardiff
- Newport City
- Vale of Glamorgan
Area of benefit in its governing document: Not Defined
Income and spending
In the year ending 31 March 2025, it had income of £598,061 and spent £607,389.
| Year ending | Income | Spending | Paid staff | Volunteers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 March 2025 | £598,061 | £607,389 | 17 | 2 |
| 31 March 2024 | £570,054 | £517,460 | 20 | 6 |
| 31 March 2023 | £673,794 | £789,270 | 31 | 6 |
| 31 March 2022 | £576,072 | £697,645 | 30 | 12 |
| 31 March 2021 | £594,170 | £532,939 | 25 | 12 |
Financial position
Separate measures from the charity's own returns and accounts, each with its year. Read them together: no single measure says how well a charity is run.
- Income over time
- About the same: £598,061 in the year to 31 March 2025, against £594,170 in the year to 31 March 2021.
- Spending against income
- It spent 102% of its income in the year to 31 March 2025. It spent more than its income in 3 of the 5 years shown.
- Money from government
- 36% of its income in the year to 31 March 2023 came from government grants and contracts (£241,005).
- Largest funder
- Moondance Foundation gave £40,000 in the year to 31 March 2025, 7% of that year's income.
Government funding, as the charity reported it
Government grants in the year ending 31 March 2025: £2,693 from 2 grants. Government contracts: Not reported.
| Year ending | Government grants | Government contracts |
|---|---|---|
| 31 March 2025 | £2,693 from 2 grants | Not reported |
| 31 March 2024 | £7,020 from 2 grants | Not reported |
| 31 March 2023 | £230,193 from 3 grants | £10,812 from 2 contracts |
| 31 March 2022 | £227,520 from 2 grants | £10,731 from 10 contracts |
| 31 March 2021 | £265,271 from 3 grants | £552 from 4 contracts |
Where its income came from in the year ending 31 March 2025
- Donations and legacies£16,454
- Charitable activities, including grants and contracts for its work£500,662
- Trading and fundraising£1,076
- Investments£2,086
- Other£77,783
Who funds it, according to its accounts
In its accounts for the year ending 31 March 2025, the charity named 3 funders who gave £51,146 between them. £0 of that came from public bodies.
These figures were read from the accounts the charity filed with the Charity Commission by Claude, an AI model, in OpenEconomy's accounts reader. AI can misread a table, so check the accounts on the register before relying on a figure.
| Funder | Type | Mar 2025 | Mar 2024 | Mar 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moondance Foundation | Trust, company or other | £40,000 | £29,630 | |
| The Waterloo Foundation | Trust, company or other | £8,596 | ||
| Morrisons furniture grant | Trust, company or other | £2,550 | ||
| Arts Council of Wales | Other public body | £208,218 | £31,666 | |
| PHF | Trust, company or other | £80,580 | ||
| Leverhulme Foundation | Trust, company or other | £54,600 | ||
| ACW WWTP | Trust, company or other | £50,000 | ||
| CAVUHB | Trust, company or other | £25,258 | ||
| Royal Ballet | Trust, company or other | £7,337 | ||
| Cardiff Council | Council | £7,020 | ||
| Leverhulme | Trust, company or other | £4,910 | ||
| Waterloo Foundation | Trust, company or other | £3,375 | ||
| Kickstart Funding | Trust, company or other | £3,212 | ||
| The Gwendoline and Margaret Davies Charity | Trust, company or other | £3,000 | ||
| J G Hale | Trust, company or other | £2,750 | ||
| Educ8 | Trust, company or other | £1,500 | ||
| Touchbase | Trust, company or other | £1,463 | ||
| Arts & Business Cymru | Trust, company or other | £1,400 | ||
| First Choice | Trust, company or other | £1,014 | ||
| Clifford Brody | Trust, company or other | £1,000 | ||
| Sense | Trust, company or other | £950 | ||
| Cardiff Sport | Trust, company or other | £900 | ||
| Rathbone | Trust, company or other | £750 | ||
| Newport City Council | Council | £750 | ||
| Wales & West | Trust, company or other | £500 | ||
| Atlantic Foundation | Trust, company or other | £250 |
Charities whose accounts say they funded it
| Funder | Year ending | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Cyngor Celfyddydau Cymru | 31 March 2023 | £34,254 |
Grants awarded to it, published on 360Giving
Funders that publish to 360Giving list 14 grants to this charity since 2016, worth at least £333,912.
By funder
- Paul Hamlyn Foundation£150,000, 1 grant
- Postcode Community Trust£75,000, 2 grants
- BBC Children in Need£30,000, 1 grant
- Lloyds Bank Foundation for England and Wales£26,089, 2 grants
- The National Lottery Community Fund£21,343, 3 grants
- Architectural Heritage Fund£20,000, 1 grant
- Garfield Weston Foundation£6,500, 1 grant
- The Clothworkers' Foundation£2,480, 1 grant
- Community Foundation in Wales£2,000, 1 grant
- Virgin Money Foundation£500, 1 grant
| Awarded | Grant | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 8 Sept 2025 | Postcode Community Trust | £50,000 |
| 29 Mar 2024 | Postcode Community Trust | £25,000 |
| 14 Mar 2022 | Paul Hamlyn Foundation | £150,000 |
| 16 Aug 2021 | Community Foundation in Wales | £2,000 |
| 9 Feb 2021 | Architectural Heritage Fund | £20,000 |
| 22 Sept 2020 | The National Lottery Community Fund | £9,570 |
| 28 Jul 2020 | Lloyds Bank Foundation for England and Wales | £11,089 |
| 22 May 2020 | The Clothworkers' Foundation | £2,480 |
| 4 Dec 2019 | Lloyds Bank Foundation for England and Wales | £15,000 |
| 8 Aug 2019 | BBC Children in Need | £30,000 |
All 14 grants
| Awarded | Grant | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 5 Jun 2019 | Garfield Weston Foundation | £6,500 |
| 4 Mar 2019 | Virgin Money Foundation | £500 |
| 24 Jan 2019 | The National Lottery Community Fund | £9,948 |
| 12 Nov 2016 | The National Lottery Community Fund | £1,825 |
Payments from public bodies, from their spending data
Public bodies' published spending shows 2 payments to this charity worth £3,795 between 4 February 2022 and 1 September 2022.
| Public body | Paid | Payments | Financial years |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vale of Glamorgan Council | £3,795 | 2 | 2021/22, 2022/23 |
Trustees
6 trustees run the charity.
- Avijit Bhagwant
- Charlie Louise Ellaway
- Diane Hebb
- John Cavanagh
- Micaela Owen
- Paul Lorimer Allen Whittaker
Filing record
Of the last 5 annual returns that were due, 5 arrived by the deadline.
| Year ending | Due | Annual return | Accounts |
|---|---|---|---|
| 31 March 2025 | 31 January 2026 | Received 20 January 2026, 11 days early | Received 20 January 2026 |
| 31 March 2024 | 31 January 2025 | Received 7 January 2025, 24 days early | Received 7 January 2025 |
| 31 March 2023 | 31 January 2024 | Received 31 January 2024 | Received 31 January 2024 |
| 31 March 2022 | 31 January 2023 | Received 4 January 2023, 27 days early | Received 24 January 2023 |
| 31 March 2021 | 31 January 2022 | Received 4 January 2022, 27 days early | Received 4 January 2022 |
About this charity
- Charity number
- 269068
- Status
- Registered
- Registered with the Commission
- 24 April 1975
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 02/01/1975AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 07/08/2014
- Company number
- 01195345This company on OpenEconomyThis company on Companies House
- Website
- www.rubicondance.co.uk
- Council area of its contact address
- Cardiff
Sources
- Register details, income, spending, trustees and filing dates: Charity Commission for England and Wales, register of charities. Loaded by OpenEconomy on 2 November 2026.
- Funding from accounts: the charity's filed accounts, read by OpenEconomy's AI accounts reader on 1 November 2026.
- Grants awarded: 360Giving open grants data, from funders that publish there. Loaded by OpenEconomy on 2 November 2026.
- Payments from public bodies: each body's own published spending data, matched to the charity by OpenEconomy. 5 public bodies' data is included so far.