DANCE HUB BIRMINGHAM CIC

Company limited by guarantee

Company Registration Number:
12075746 (England and Wales)

Unaudited statutory accounts for the year ended 30 June 2024

Period of accounts

Start date: 1 July 2023

End date: 30 June 2024

DANCE HUB BIRMINGHAM CIC

Contents of the Financial Statements

for the Period Ended 30 June 2024

Directors report
Profit and loss
Balance sheet
Additional notes
Balance sheet notes
Community Interest Report

DANCE HUB BIRMINGHAM CIC

Directors' report period ended 30 June 2024

The directors present their report with the financial statements of the company for the period ended 30 June 2024

Principal activities of the company

Dance Hub Birmingham (DHB) is an active partnership of organisations and individuals representing the region’s professional dance sector. Together, we support the development of the artform in all its diversity, seeking to drive the sector forward and position Birmingham and the wider region as a globally significant area for dance.

Additional information

Studio Facility The purpose-built DHB studio complex remains a valuable asset for the Midlands dance sector, and has been used by artists and companies, from the region and beyond, for rehearsals, workshops, auditions, meetings and events. Any income from studio hires is used for the management and upkeep of the DHB studio facilities. Investment Programme Alongside the studio facility, DHB has a programme of investment, allocating grant money received from Arts Council England. The programme stimulates collaborative working, bringing together artists and organisations of different scales to pool expertise, resources and perspectives. Investment decisions are made by a voluntary Steering Committee, aiming to support a diverse range of projects that create a step change for the sector, and grow and deepen the impact and benefit of dance for the region. Four investment priorities were set out in an open call in 2022, with decisions made in three rounds up to February 2023. Selected projects were: Round One: -Sampad South Asian Arts and Heritage: PRO – GATI. A programme to upskill and build the employability of the South Asian Dance sector – taking stock of the sector and looking to the future through dance labs, roundtables and knowledge sharing. -Sonia Sabri Company: Future Dance Leaders Apprenticeship Programme. A strategic apprenticeship project for Midlands-based emerging dance artists and dance producers, particularly those of South Asian backgrounds or working in South Asian styles. Round Two: -ACE Dance and Music: Springboard Programme. A talent development project for four Midlands-based emerging dance artists working in an artistic practice that comes from the African diaspora – responding to a need and strategic aim to build strong development pathways for emerging dancers. -Dance Leaders Group (DLG) Critical Mass - What Next 2022-2024: A multi-stranded project to strengthen and diversify the regionwide network of dance participation leaders, support new models for growth in the sector, enhance talent retention by working with emerging artists, and build new audiences for dance, especially young people. -Birmingham Dance Network: Dance Artists Co-operative. A research project exploring and creating a dance co-operative in the West Midlands to benefit freelance dance artists working in entrepreneurial ways, and bringing people together to work towards a common goal to benefit the local dance ecology and elevate dance in the region. Round Three: -Brum Pro Class: Inclusive Dance Practice Professional Development Programme. A programme to build a robust inclusive and empowered dance leadership in Birmingham and the West Midlands, upskilling the professional dance community in meeting access needs for dance artists with visible and invisible disabilities. -Dancefest: Research and Development Project. A project to increase opportunities for community dancers, raise the scale and ambition of their outdoor work and support the development of regional dance artists, by maximising the potential of a new space for dance and movement in Worcester with a specialism for developing work with community performers/dancers. Project activity took place throughout 2022-2023, with the majority being completed by March 2024. Findings and Themes An independent evaluation was conducted by consultant Mark Robinson of Thinking Practice, to capture the impact of the above projects. Below are the key findings and themes: Impact on the dance ecology -Growing collaborative connections: more dialogue, trust and connectivity -Strengthened connections across scale helping to level hierarchies -Skills and Practitioner Development in response to market need Added value -Seven investments with a total investment of £281,295 into projects amounting to £512,899. Significant match support of 45.1% of predicted expenditure -Partnerships, collective leadership and learning emerging via multiple groups -Projects have enhanced profile for Birmingham as a centre for dance Enablers and barriers to change -Enablers: investment, partnership focus, rigour, time and space -Barriers to change: lack of investment-readiness, lack of capacity, lack of space, capacity constraints, a challenging external environment Opportunities for the future -Potential for a useful cluster with co-investing partners and paying customers -Investment in the ecology as well as constituent parts -Shared resources, collective working, spaces – increasing but more needed -Steering group modelling culture change – from competition to collaboration Building Creative Resilience -A stronger story of dance in Birmingham emerging, and potential to do more -Networks have been built that have enhanced diversity and inclusion -Confidence leading to action and models for inclusion and sustainability and to potential for a Growth and Development Framework The independent report also made recommendations for future strategic interventions at a sector level, which informed development and advocacy activity in the subsequent period.



Directors

The directors shown below have held office during the whole of the period from
1 July 2023 to 30 June 2024

Timothy Maycock
Caroline Miller
Paul Russ


The above report has been prepared in accordance with the special provisions in part 15 of the Companies Act 2006

This report was approved by the board of directors on
26 March 2025

And signed on behalf of the board by:
Name: Timothy Maycock
Status: Director

DANCE HUB BIRMINGHAM CIC

Profit And Loss Account

for the Period Ended 30 June 2024

2024 2023


£

£
Turnover: 322,110 170,825
Cost of sales: ( 140,308 ) ( 112,733 )
Gross profit(or loss): 181,802 58,092
Administrative expenses: ( 88,456 ) ( 94,758 )
Operating profit(or loss): 93,346 (36,666)
Profit(or loss) before tax: 93,346 (36,666)
Tax: ( 2,452 )
Profit(or loss) for the financial year: 90,894 (36,666)

DANCE HUB BIRMINGHAM CIC

Balance sheet

As at 30 June 2024

Notes 2024 2023


£

£
Current assets
Debtors: 3 263,863 110,694
Cash at bank and in hand: 168,439 145,376
Total current assets: 432,302 256,070
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year: 4 ( 434,754 ) ( 349,416 )
Net current assets (liabilities): (2,452) (93,346)
Total assets less current liabilities: (2,452) ( 93,346)
Total net assets (liabilities): (2,452) (93,346)
Members' funds
Profit and loss account: (2,452) ( 93,346)
Total members' funds: ( 2,452) (93,346)

The notes form part of these financial statements

DANCE HUB BIRMINGHAM CIC

Balance sheet statements

For the year ending 30 June 2024 the company was entitled to exemption under section 477 of the Companies Act 2006 relating to small companies.

The members have not required the company to obtain an audit in accordance with section 476 of the Companies Act 2006.

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

These accounts have been prepared and delivered in accordance with the provisions applicable to companies subject to the small companies regime.

This report was approved by the board of directors on 26 March 2025
and signed on behalf of the board by:

Name: Timothy Maycock
Status: Director

The notes form part of these financial statements

DANCE HUB BIRMINGHAM CIC

Notes to the Financial Statements

for the Period Ended 30 June 2024

  • 1. Accounting policies

    Basis of measurement and preparation

    These financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the provisions of Section 1A (Small Entities) of Financial Reporting Standard 102

    Turnover policy

    Grant income recognition Grant income is recognised in the Income and Expenditure Account when any performance-related conditions have been satisfied and the value can be measured reliably. Arts Council England income received in advance of qualifying distribution under the investment programme, or expenditure on other agreed purposes, is deferred until the ultimate recipient meets the conditions for onward payment to be made. This policy has been changed in this financial year. Income was previously recognised on receipt. The new policy is considered to reflect better the terms and conditions of Arts Council England funding and provide more relevant information. The consequential prior period adjustment is described in Note 5.

    Other accounting policies

    Basic financial assets Basic financial assets, which include other debtors and cash and bank balances, are measured at transaction rice including transaction costs and are subsequently carried at amortised cost less any amounts settled. Basic financial liabilities Basic financial liabilities are initially recognised at transaction price unless the arrangement constitutes a financing transaction, where the debt instrument is measured at the present value of the future payments discounted at a market rate of interest.

DANCE HUB BIRMINGHAM CIC

Notes to the Financial Statements

for the Period Ended 30 June 2024

  • 2. Employees

    2024 2023
    Average number of employees during the period 0 0

DANCE HUB BIRMINGHAM CIC

Notes to the Financial Statements

for the Period Ended 30 June 2024

3. Debtors

2024 2023
£ £
Trade debtors 0 27,399
Prepayments and accrued income 263,863 83,295
Total 263,863 110,694

DANCE HUB BIRMINGHAM CIC

Notes to the Financial Statements

for the Period Ended 30 June 2024

4. Creditors: amounts falling due within one year note

2024 2023
£ £
Trade creditors 0 122,774
Accruals and deferred income 434,754 226,642
Total 434,754 349,416

COMMUNITY INTEREST ANNUAL REPORT

DANCE HUB BIRMINGHAM CIC

Company Number: 12075746 (England and Wales)

Year Ending: 30 June 2024

Company activities and impact

Dance Hub Birmingham (DHB) is an active partnership of organisations and individuals representing the region’s professional dance sector. Together, we support the development of the artform in all its diversity, seeking to drive the sector forward and position Birmingham and the wider region as a globally significant area for dance. Studio Facility The purpose-built DHB studio complex remains a valuable asset for the Midlands dance sector, and has been used by artists and companies, from the region and beyond, for rehearsals, workshops, auditions, meetings and events. Any income from studio hires is used for the management and upkeep of the DHB studio facilities. Investment Programme Alongside the studio facility, DHB has a programme of investment, allocating grant money received from Arts Council England. The programme stimulates collaborative working, bringing together artists and organisations of different scales to pool expertise, resources and perspectives. Investment decisions are made by a voluntary Steering Committee, aiming to support a diverse range of projects that create a step change for the sector, and grow and deepen the impact and benefit of dance for the region. Four investment priorities were set out in an open call in 2022, with decisions made in three rounds up to February 2023. Selected projects were: Round One: -Sampad South Asian Arts and Heritage: PRO – GATI. A programme to upskill and build the em-ployability of the South Asian Dance sector – taking stock of the sector and looking to the future through dance labs, roundtables and knowledge sharing. -Sonia Sabri Company: Future Dance Leaders Apprenticeship Programme. A strategic apprenticeship project for Midlands-based emerging dance artists and dance producers, particularly those of South Asian backgrounds or working in South Asian styles. Round Two: -ACE Dance and Music: Springboard Programme. A talent development project for four Midlands-based emerging dance artists working in an artistic practice that comes from the African diaspora – responding to a need and strategic aim to build strong development pathways for emerging dancers. -Dance Leaders Group (DLG) Critical Mass - What Next 2022-2024: A multi-stranded project to strengthen and diversify the regionwide network of dance participation leaders, support new models for growth in the sector, enhance talent retention by working with emerging artists, and build new audiences for dance, especially young people. -Birmingham Dance Network: Dance Artists Co-operative. A research project exploring and creating a dance co-operative in the West Midlands to benefit freelance dance artists working in entrepreneurial ways, and bringing people together to work towards a common goal to benefit the local dance ecology and elevate dance in the region. Round Three: -Brum Pro Class: Inclusive Dance Practice Professional Development Programme. A programme to build a robust inclusive and empowered dance leadership in Birmingham and the West Midlands, upskilling the professional dance community in meeting access needs for dance artists with visible and invisible disabilities. -Dancefest: Research and Development Project. A project to increase opportunities for community dancers, raise the scale and ambition of their outdoor work and support the development of regional dance artists, by maximising the potential of a new space for dance and movement in Worcester with a specialism for developing work with community performers/dancers. Project activity took place throughout 2022-2023, with the majority being completed by March 2024. Findings and Themes An independent evaluation was conducted by consultant Mark Robinson of Thinking Practice, to capture the impact of the above projects. Below are the key findings and themes: Impact on the dance ecology -Growing collaborative connections: more dialogue, trust and connectivity -Strengthened connections across scale helping to level hierarchies -Skills and Practitioner Development in response to market need Added value -Seven investments with a total investment of £281,295 into projects amounting to £512,899. Significant match support of 45.1% of predicted expenditure -Partnerships, collective leadership and learning emerging via multiple groups -Projects have enhanced profile for Birmingham as a centre for dance Enablers and barriers to change -Enablers: investment, partnership focus, rigour, time and space -Barriers to change: lack of investment-readiness, lack of capacity, lack of space, capacity constraints, a challenging external environment Opportunities for the future -Potential for a useful cluster with co-investing partners and paying customers -Investment in the ecology as well as constituent parts -Shared resources, collective working, spaces – increasing but more needed -Steering group modelling culture change – from competition to collaboration Building Creative Resilience -A stronger story of dance in Birmingham emerging, and potential to do more -Networks have been built that have enhanced diversity and inclusion -Confidence leading to action and models for inclusion and sustainability and to potential for a Growth and Development Framework The independent report also made recommendations for future strategic interventions at a sector level, which informed development and advocacy activity in the subsequent period.

Consultation with stakeholders

Decisions relating to the Investment Programme funds were made by members of the Dance Hub Birmingham Steering Group, made up of stakeholders in the city and region – along with others brought in to add a diversity of representation and perspectives. Individual membership of selection panels was adapted in response to the need of the applications, and also to carefully manage conflicts of interest. The following organisations were represented on the Steering Group, alongside independent artists and contributors including team members from participating organisations, where they brought particular skills: ACE Dance and Music Birmingham Dance Network Birmingham Hippodrome Birmingham Royal Ballet Birmingham City University FABRIC (DanceXchange & Dance4 Together) One Dance UK Sampad South Asian Arts and Heritage Midlands Arts Centre In addition, the independent evaluation drew on interviews with representatives from each of the funded projects as well as Steering Group members, to inform findings, themes and recommendations for future developments.

Directors' remuneration

No remuneration was received

Transfer of assets

No transfer of assets other than for full consideration

This report was approved by the board of directors on
26 March 2025

And signed on behalf of the board by:
Name: Timothy Maycock
Status: Director