ENGLISH FOLK DANCE AND SONG SOCIETY(THE)

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  5 officer resignations in last 12 months

  Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.

Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers

Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.

Accounting basis

FRS 102

Reporting scope

Standalone (parent only)

Auditor

Sayer Vincent LLP

Audit opinion

Unqualified (clean)

Going concern

Affirmed

“The trustees' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate. Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on The English Folk Dance and Song Society's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”

Significant events

• “The EFDSS Gold Badge, awarded to individuals who have given exceptional service to EFDSS and/or to the folk arts, was given to three people this year. Tim Laycock, performer - singer, instrumentalist, and songwriter who has been influential in bringing folk music to a wider audience in non-traditional folk settings; academic and morris dancer, Theresa Buckland, a defining exponent of English folk dance research, and David Atkinson, editor of FMJ, editor and writer on folk music history.”
• “The annual Broadside Day was held in February in partnership with the Traditional Song Forum, and our annual programme of Library Lectures continued to be presented digitally, thereby attracting people from across the world.”
• “An exciting new project was developed this year - the Bhangra Ceilidh. Under band leader and composer Kuljit Bhamra MBE, the sounds of tabla, melodeon and fiddle come alive in this cross-cultural aural treat.”
• “At our Annual General Meeting in November we will be asking the membership to support a special resolution to change the name of the organisation to Folk England. We strongly believe the new name to be more inclusive and will support the expansion of our reach and engagement with new audiences.”

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

Filings

13

last 12 months

Capital events

0

last 24 months

Officers appointed

4

last 12 months

Officers resigned

5

last 12 months

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

• Turnover

  —

  Not reported

• Cash

  +18.1%

  £355,510 → £419,926

• Net assets

  -3.7%

  £2,720,242 → £2,620,266

• Employees

  +5.7%

  35 → 37

• Profit before tax

  -74.2%

  -£57,406 → -£99,976

• Wages

  +8.7%

  £697,574 → £758,206

Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers