LONDON CONTEMPORARY DANCE (THE PLACE) LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2027-04-30 (in 11mo)
Last filed for 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-11-09 (in 6mo)
Last made up 2025-10-26
Watchouts
Cash
£1M
-48.8% vs 2024
Net assets
£8M
-3.5% vs 2024
Employees
279
-1.1% vs 2024
Profit before tax
-£490K
-365.2% vs 2024
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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4 officer resignations in last 12 months
Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- LONDON CONTEMPORARY DANCE (THE PLACE) LIMITED 2025-09-24 → present
- CONTEMPORARY DANCE TRUST LIMITED 1966-07-08 → 2025-09-24
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-07-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-07-31 | 2025-07-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £10,595,462 | £10,750,405 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | £184,659 | -£489,646 | |
| Net profit | £357,105 | -£300,493 | |
| Cash | £2,394,548 | £1,225,491 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £8,586,347 | £8,285,854 | |
| Net assets | £8,586,347 | £8,285,854 | |
| Equity | £8,586,347 | £8,285,854 | |
| Average employees | 282 | 279 | |
| Wages | £4,744,791 | £5,294,611 |
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
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2024-07-31 | 2025-07-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Net margin | 3.4% | -2.8% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 15.7% | 14.8% | |
| Current ratio | 1.84x | 1.44x |
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.
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- HaysMac LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Having made enquiries, the Board of Governors believe that it is appropriate to prepare the financial statements on a going concern basis. The Board consider The Place's current and forecast cash resources to be sufficient to cover the working capital requirements of the charity for at least 12 months from the date of signing this report and financial statements.”
Significant events
- “In July we welcomed Professor Edward Peck ahead of his appointment as incoming Chair of the Office for Students (OfS).”
- “The Place has been at the heart of vital conversations, connecting with individuals, sector leading organisations, arts leaders, and policymakers”
- “We were honored to meet the formidable Angela Rippon CBE and to stand alongside her in the inaugural Let's Dance campaign.”
- “We successfully completed the first year of our new five-year plan, Move with the Times, which has enabled us to invest in new activities and leverage growth against our vision for "...a world with more dance."”
- “Our first major building refurbishment works in almost 20 years were carried out from June to October 2024.”
- “On 23 April 2025, The Place Board of Governors passed a resolution to change the legal name of the company from Contemporary Dance Trust Limited to London Contemporary Dance (The Place) Limited with effect from 1 October 2025.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
14 active · 61 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ASANTE, Michael Frederick | Director | 2020-05-01 | Sep 1980 | British |
| BAGLIN, Lisa Claire | Director | 2023-06-01 | Jul 1970 | British |
| BAILEY, Helen Louise, Dr | Director | 2023-03-22 | Oct 1967 | British |
| BLACKBURN, David Robert | Director | 2023-03-22 | May 1969 | British |
| BROWN, Veronica Tanya Marie, Professor | Director | 2026-03-01 | Jun 1966 | British |
| HICKS, Derek Alan | Director | 2017-07-18 | Jul 1955 | British |
| JACKSON, Molly Margaret | Director | 2025-09-01 | Jun 1960 | British |
| KINGSTON, Antony George | Director | 2025-09-01 | Jun 1968 | British |
| ORR, Susan Kathleen, Professor | Director | 2025-09-01 | Sep 1961 | Irish |
| RAHIMI, Shaparak | Director | 2022-06-01 | Sep 1979 | American,British |
| SANDERSON, James Craig | Director | 2025-09-01 | Jun 1974 | British |
| SARMA, Eva Devi | Director | 2020-05-01 | Feb 1979 | British |
| SIMPSON, Elizabeth Jane Wilson | Director | 2022-03-25 | Aug 1965 | British |
| STEWART, John Gillespie | Director | 2017-07-18 | Oct 1954 | British,American |
Show 61 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BENJAMIN, Barry | Secretary | 2016-10-05 | 2017-11-15 |
| BURNIE, David | Secretary | — | 2015-07-22 |
| KOSTYN, Mike | Secretary | 2015-07-22 | 2016-03-02 |
| PARLANE, Ian Michael | Secretary | 2016-03-23 | 2016-10-05 |
| ALEXANDER, Catherine Jane | Director | 2017-03-21 | 2026-01-01 |
| ANG, Tzo Zen, Dr | Director | 2018-08-01 | 2022-01-14 |
| BARDWELL, Dawn Bellinda | Director | 2008-12-09 | 2011-12-07 |
| BELL, Marian Patricia | Director | 2005-06-28 | 2014-12-03 |
| BERWIN, Nicholas Mark | Director | 2005-07-20 | 2007-03-26 |
| BISHOP, Alan John | Director | 2019-08-01 | 2026-03-01 |
| BOYD, David John | Director | 1995-10-19 | 1998-10-19 |
| BROWNING, Stephen | Director | 2008-10-09 | 2017-12-13 |
| CAMPBELL, Douglas James | Director | 2008-10-09 | 2017-12-13 |
| COHAN, Robert | Director | — | 2019-02-18 |
| COORE, Andrea | Director | 2008-10-09 | 2009-07-16 |
| DEBENHAM, Susan Caroline | Director | 2005-09-15 | 2014-12-03 |
| DONOVAN, Susan | Director | 2006-03-23 | 2007-07-18 |
| EAGER, Janet | Director | 1997-12-01 | 2020-07-31 |
| EATWELL, John Leonard, Lord | Director | — | 1995-10-19 |
| FISHER, Ian | Director | 1998-09-08 | 2005-09-15 |
| FITCH, Janet Elizabeth | Director | — | 1997-10-20 |
| GLADSTONE, Emma | Director | 1996-10-07 | 1997-05-12 |
| GODFREY, John | Director | 2001-11-07 | 2017-12-13 |
| GRAHAM HARRISON, Catherine | Director | — | 1994-12-31 |
| HOBSON, Paul | Director | 2006-03-23 | 2009-03-23 |
| IDEH, Amelia | Director | 2015-07-22 | 2018-02-14 |
| IRWIN, Thomas Arthur Michael, Professor | Director | 1993-07-05 | 1997-06-30 |
| ISAACSON, Laurence Ivor | Director | — | 1994-03-31 |
| JEYASINGH, Shobanalekha Charmin | Director | 1997-03-24 | 2002-09-24 |
| KATZ, Daniel Leslie | Director | — | 1994-01-25 |
| KING, Matthew James Wyatt | Director | 1996-10-07 | 1999-10-26 |
| KINKEAD-WEEKES, Mark, Professor | Director | — | 1993-07-05 |
| LANKESTER, Timothy Patrick, Sir | Director | 2007-07-17 | 2013-12-04 |
| LEMOS, Gerard Anthony | Director | 2001-12-13 | 2003-02-07 |
| LOW, Fergus John | Director | 1996-12-02 | 2004-11-23 |
| LYNCH, Thomas | Director | 2013-12-04 | 2019-07-31 |
| MARSTON, Catherine Rosalind | Director | 2015-12-02 | 2017-12-13 |
| MELVILLE, David, Sir | Director | 2002-10-22 | 2008-07-18 |
| MINOGUE, Elizabeth Ann | Director | 1998-12-14 | 2004-03-29 |
| MISSINGHAM, Andrew David Miguel | Director | 2008-10-09 | 2014-12-03 |
| NIGHTINGALE, David Roydon | Director | 2008-10-09 | 2019-10-23 |
| PAINE, Dawn | Director | 2015-03-25 | 2018-10-02 |
| PASCOE, Eva | Director | 1996-10-07 | 1998-03-23 |
| PEYTON JONES, Julia Caroline | Director | 2002-12-10 | 2003-11-13 |
| QUINN, Catherine Ward | Director | 2008-10-09 | 2014-07-23 |
| RAPPOLT, Michael Stephen John | Director | 1994-01-26 | 2007-12-12 |
| REDDISH, Graham John | Director | — | 2006-07-12 |
| ROMANS, Hopal Elaine | Director | 2005-06-28 | 2012-10-03 |
| ROWLAND, Christopher Charles | Director | 2014-10-01 | 2023-11-22 |
| SMITH, Janet | Director | 2003-11-12 | 2008-10-09 |
| STEWART, John Gillespie | Director | 2005-09-15 | 2014-12-03 |
| SWEET, Jane | Director | 1998-02-09 | 2008-12-09 |
| VARLEY, Elizabeth Jane | Director | 2022-03-25 | 2025-11-20 |
| WARD, Catherine Mary | Director | 2015-03-25 | 2024-03-20 |
| WATSON, Sharon Monica | Director | 2011-07-26 | 2020-04-01 |
| WENTWORTH, Jane | Director | 2000-12-12 | 2007-03-26 |
| WOODFORD HOLLICK, Susan Mary, Lady | Director | 1991-12-02 | 1995-10-19 |
| WORTS, Richard Charles | Director | 2006-03-23 | 2012-12-05 |
| WRATTEN, Mary Catharine | Director | 2001-07-03 | 2004-03-29 |
| WYNN, Rosalind Abigail | Director | 2018-08-01 | 2025-07-02 |
| ZAIN, Marina | Director | 2014-10-01 | 2016-06-14 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 261 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-09-24 CERTNM Certificate change of name company PDF
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-03-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-01-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-12-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-12-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-11-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-24 | CERTNM | change-of-name | Certificate change of name company | |
| 2025-09-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-09-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-09-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-09-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-07-11 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-12-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-10-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-03-21 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-03-21 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-12-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-12-20 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-10-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-12 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 12
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 5
- Officers resigned
- 4
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
last 12 months
Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.
Year-on-year
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-07-31 vs 2024-07-31
-
Turnover
+1.5%
£10,595,462 £10,750,405
-
Cash
-48.8%
£2,394,548 £1,225,491
-
Net assets
-3.5%
£8,586,347 £8,285,854
-
Employees
-1.1%
282 279
-
Profit before tax
-365.2%
£184,659 -£489,646
-
Wages
+11.6%
£4,744,791 £5,294,611
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