Question 1

Public role and legal status

Accepted Answer

Publicly stated role. BCDC’s public About page states that it is designed to help competitors who have “a query or a problem as a competitor.”The Membership page states that BCDC provides “the voice for British dancesport competitors” and aims to provide “a voice for competitors at every level.”The Contact page states that members can raise questions and issues with BCDC and that BCDC will raise them directly with the British Dance Council.Constitutional aims. The publicly available Constitution states aims including protecting and furthering the rights and interests of members, upholding and advancing standards in British competitive dancing, co-operating with international and national bodies, opposing restrictive practices and widening members’ access to business markets and networks.Relationship with the British Dance Council. The BCDC About page states that BCDC has two seats on the British Dance Council.The page also states that BCDC has a seat on the International Professional Affairs Committee and that its BDC position entitles it to attend WDC meetings.The BCDC Home page refers to attendance at WDC TCC meetings, Executive Committee involvement with other World Associations, helping shape BDC competitions and championships, and member issues being brought to BDC meetings.The reviewed material did not independently confirm the BDC seat terms, BDC voting rights, named delegates, IPAC seat terms, WDC or WDC TCC attendance, or decision-making rights attached to these routes.Legal status and external verification. Companies House incorporation documents identify BC Dancesport Corporation Ltd, company number 11781942, incorporated on 22 January 2019 as a private company limited by guarantee.The incorporation filing records adoption of model articles for a private company limited by guarantee and identifies the original directors and subscribers.A Companies House-filed special resolution dated 20 November 2025 amended provisions concerning the company’s name, membership, subscription, management, Executive Committee powers and articles.

Question 2

Public access and membership

Accepted Answer

Publicly accessible information. The reviewed public website includes Home, About, Executive Committee, Membership, News and Contact pages.The Constitution was publicly available without login.Public footer links were also visible for the Equality and Diversity Policy, Data Protection and GDPR Policy, Communications Policy, Media Policy and Safeguarding Policy.Membership eligibility. The reviewed Constitution states that membership is open to current professional and amateur competitors registered with the British Dance Council.The Constitution and the Companies House-filed 2025 special resolution state that amateur membership is non-voting.Detailed amateur voting and representation arrangements are covered under Amateur, Parents & Youth Routes.Membership joining route. The Membership page states that people wishing to join should contact BCDC to request a membership form and membership payment information.A publicly downloadable joining form, online membership application, online payment page or member portal was not found in the reviewed material.The complete joining form content, payment method, cancellation or refund terms and renewal process were not established from the reviewed public material.Membership cost. The Membership page states that 2026 membership costs £20.The Constitution states that the annual subscription is £20 per person and is due on 1 January.A Companies House-filed special resolution dated 20 November 2025 records the change in subscription from £10 to £20.Concessionary rates, separate youth or family membership rates and a complete public schedule of payment and renewal arrangements were not found.Member contact and issue route. The Membership page states that members may raise issues or request information from the committee or other members.A public Contact page and contact form were also visible.Public records showing how member issues are gathered, reported or followed up were not found in the reviewed material.Adjudicator licence route. BCDC does not currently offer an adjudicator licence route.Public directories. A public member directory was not found in the reviewed material.The Executive Committee page publicly lists named officer and committee roles and profile information.

Question 3

Rules and policies

Accepted Answer

Constitution and public policy documents. The BCDC Constitution was publicly available.It contains provisions concerning the organisation’s name, aims and objectives, membership, subscriptions, management, Executive Committee powers, meetings, Executive Committee meetings, accounts and changes to the rules.Public footer links were also available for the Communications Policy, Data Protection and GDPR Policy, Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Policy, Media Policy and Safeguarding Policy.Constitution. The Constitution includes provisions concerning membership, subscriptions, voting, management, the Executive Committee, general meetings, accounts and changes to the rules.A Companies House-filed special resolution dated 20 November 2025 amended provisions concerning membership, subscription, management, Executive Committee powers and articles.The date or version of the publicly reviewed Constitution was not clearly shown in the parsed document.Communications Policy. A Communications Policy was publicly available.The policy covers internal and external communications, social media and breaches.It states that breaches may be dealt with by the board, at general meetings under the complaint procedure, or through the disciplinary code depending on severity.The reviewed policy records an approval or review date of 1 November 2020 and states that its next review was due in autumn 2025.A later publicly reviewed version was not identified.Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Policy. A public Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Policy was reviewed.The policy states that BCDC is committed to equality practices, opposed to discrimination and seeks to promote equality and diversity.It applies to employees and agency workers, directors, dancers, members, adjudicators, promoters, presidium, honourees, contractors, service providers and volunteers.The policy refers to a BCDC Complaints Policy. A standalone Complaints Policy was not found among the reviewed public documents.Data Protection and GDPR Policy. A Data Protection and GDPR Policy was publicly available.The policy states that BCDC holds personal data relating to employees, members, clients, suppliers and other individuals.It contains provisions concerning subject access, data-breach reporting and the collection of membership information by email and post at membership application stage.The policy identifies the Data Protection Officer as the Board Presidium.Media Policy. A public Media Policy was reviewed.The policy contains provisions concerning submitted media, offensive content and video submission.It states that anyone submitting a video should ensure that adult or guardian permission has been obtained before entry or submission.The policy also provides a public BCDC email address for questions outside its guidelines.Safeguarding Policy. A public Safeguarding Policy was available.The policy applies to children and vulnerable adults and contains provisions concerning safeguarding responsibility and reporting concerns.Detailed safeguarding arrangements are covered under Safeguarding, Complaints & Governance.Complaints and disciplinary references. The Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Policy refers to a BCDC Complaints Policy.The Communications Policy refers to a complaint procedure and disciplinary code.A standalone Complaints Policy and standalone Disciplinary Code were not found in the reviewed public material.The Constitution contains separate disciplinary provisions concerning action against members. Detailed disciplinary arrangements are covered under Safeguarding, Complaints & Governance.Document dates and versions. A dated or versioned public index identifying the complete current set of BCDC rules and policies was not found.The current version, approval date, review date and amendment history of every reviewed document were not established.The Communications Policy records a review due in autumn 2025. A later publicly reviewed version was not identified.

Question 4

Competitions and participation

Accepted Answer

Competition and event-related activity. BCDC publishes competition and event-related information through its public website and social-media pages.The reviewed website material refers to BCDC camps, training days, fundraising, a showcase, the Lockdown Tournament and discounts for workshops and training events.More current competition and event information is published through BCDC’s social-media pages.Competitions. BCDC competition activity is publicly promoted through its social-media pages.The reviewed website News archive also contains historic competition-related material, including the Lockdown Tournament.A complete current competition calendar or consolidated competition listing was not found on the main BCDC website.Training camps and events. The Home, Membership and News pages refer to BCDC training camps, training days, workshops, fundraising and showcase events.The website News archive includes historic posts relating to Spring Training Camp 2023, Winter Camp 2023, Autumn Training Camp 2022 and a Gala Showcase.More recent training, competition and event information is available through BCDC’s social-media pages.Public access to event information. BCDC’s website identifies Instagram and Facebook routes. Competition and event information is therefore available across the main website and BCDC’s social-media pages.A single public webpage bringing together all current BCDC competitions, training camps and other events was not found in the reviewed website material.Competition and event rules. A complete current set of BCDC competition rules, competition categories, scoring provisions or ranking arrangements was not found in the reviewed public material.The reviewed material did not establish that all BCDC competitions or events operate under one common set of BCDC competition rules.Booking and participation. A complete public booking or payment route covering all current BCDC competitions, camps and events was not found in the reviewed material.Current event-specific eligibility, entry requirements, fees and booking arrangements vary by the information published for individual activities and were not established as a single organisation-wide process.Event arrangements not confirmed. The reviewed public material did not establish organisation-wide refund or cancellation terms applying to all BCDC events, event-specific safeguarding arrangements for every activity, a standard parent or carer consent form, or common event complaint, appeal or review procedures.Detailed safeguarding and consent findings are covered separately under Safeguarding, Complaints & Governance.

Question 5

Amateur, parents and youth routes

Accepted Answer

Amateur and competitor participation. The BCDC Constitution states that membership is open to current professional and amateur competitors registered with the British Dance Council.The Membership page states that BCDC provides “the voice for British dancesport competitors” and aims to provide “a voice for competitors at every level.”The Membership and Contact pages also provide routes for members to raise questions and issues with BCDC.Amateur membership and voting. The Membership page, Constitution and Companies House-filed special resolution dated 20 November 2025 state that amateur membership is non-voting.An individual amateur voting route, elected amateur representative or amateur-specific Executive Committee or sub-committee seat was not found in the reviewed public material.Competitor representation. BCDC’s public website states that members may raise issues and that BCDC raises questions and issues with the British Dance Council.Detailed BDC representation arrangements are recorded under Public Role & Legal Status.Public consultation records, reports to members following BDC meetings, member voting records or decision records showing how competitor views were gathered and represented were not found in the reviewed material.Parent and legal guardian routes. The Membership page refers to competitors “or the parents of one” and states that BCDC supports British dancers “and their families.”The Media Policy states that anyone submitting a video should ensure that adult or guardian permission has been obtained before entry or submission.A named parent or carer representative, parent-specific membership category, parent voting route, parent committee seat or parent election or appointment process was not found in the reviewed public material.Children and young people. The Safeguarding Policy defines a child or young person as anyone under 18.The reviewed public material also includes BCDC competition, camp and training activity involving different age groups of competitors. Detailed competition and event activity is recorded under Competitions & Participation.Youth representation and consultation. A youth representative, youth voting route, youth advisory group, under-18 consultation process or other publicly identified route for children or young people to participate in BCDC decision-making was not found in the reviewed material.A child-specific or young-person-specific complaints process was not found.A standard public event-specific parent or guardian consent form was not found in the reviewed material.What was not confirmed. The reviewed public material did not identify an individual amateur voting route, elected amateur representative, amateur-specific committee seat, parent representative, parent voting route, youth representative or youth consultation structure.Public consultation records showing how amateur, parent or youth views were gathered or reflected in BCDC decisions were not found.

Question 6

Safeguarding, complaints and governance

Accepted Answer

Safeguarding policy. A Safeguarding Policy was publicly available.The policy defines a child or young person as anyone under 18 and applies to children and vulnerable adults.It states that responsibility for safeguarding resides with the Secretary and that the BCDC Executive Committee is responsible for ensuring safeguarding concerns are managed sensitively, proportionately and in accordance with the policy and relevant legislative guidance.Safeguarding reporting route. The policy states that beneficiaries may raise safeguarding concerns with a member of staff or volunteer with whom they are working or by email to the published BCDC contact address.The policy also contains reporting guidance for staff and volunteers and states that a safeguarding concern or complaint will be acknowledged within 72 hours.The Secretary is listed under Key Contacts.A separate safeguarding officer title, direct safeguarding telephone number, downloadable report-a-concern form, out-of-hours route or named external safeguarding partner was not found in the reviewed public material.Safeguarding checks and training. DBS-check requirements, safeguarding training requirements, training records and a published safer-recruitment process were not found in the reviewed material.The reviewed Safeguarding Policy did not show a clear approval date or version in the material reviewed, and referenced appendices were not available within the supplied public material.Event-specific safeguarding arrangements for individual BCDC competitions, camps or training events were not established.Media and consent. The Media Policy states that anyone submitting a video should ensure that adult or guardian permission has been obtained before entry or submission.A wider organisation-wide process for live-event photography or video consent, recording or withdrawal of consent, or a standard public under-18 event consent form was not found.Complaints and concerns. The Contact page states that members may raise questions and issues with BCDC.The Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Policy states that complaints should be sent to the BCDC office by email or post and handled seriously, promptly and confidentially in accordance with a BCDC Complaints Policy.The Safeguarding Policy provides a separate safeguarding-concern route and includes the 72-hour acknowledgement wording.A standalone BCDC Complaints Policy referred to in the Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Policy was not found in the reviewed public material.Complaint stages and review. The reviewed public material did not establish a complete general complaints procedure containing all complaint stages, investigation arrangements, timescales, independence provisions, review or appeal routes, external escalation arrangements or publication of outcomes.The relationship between the general complaint references, safeguarding concerns and the disciplinary provisions in the Constitution was not set out in a single publicly reviewed procedure.Disciplinary provisions. The Constitution contains provisions for disciplinary action against members.The reviewed Constitution includes written-notice provisions, a 21-day route for the member to appear before the Executive Committee and provision for subsequent ratification at an EGM or AGM.A standalone Disciplinary Code referred to elsewhere in BCDC policy material was not found.A separate appeal route following ratification, an independent disciplinary panel procedure and published disciplinary outcomes were not found in the reviewed public material.Data protection responsibility. The Data Protection and GDPR Policy states that BCDC holds personal data relating to employees, members, clients, suppliers and other individuals.The policy identifies the Data Protection Officer as the Board Presidium and includes provisions concerning subject access and data-breach reporting.It also states that membership data is collected by email and post at membership application stage.A named individual Data Protection Officer contact, complete retention schedule and privacy information presented directly at the point of membership application were not found in the reviewed material.A clearly identified later update addressing the current UK GDPR and Data Protection Act 2018 framework was not established from the reviewed document.Executive Committee. The Constitution covers management and Executive Committee powers.The Constitution and Companies House-filed special resolution dated 20 November 2025 state that the Executive Committee consists of seven members elected at the AGM.The special resolution also records that sub-committee roles are voted into position at the AGM.The public Executive Committee page lists named officer and committee roles.AGM and decision-making records. The Constitution contains provisions concerning meetings, Executive Committee meetings, accounts and changes to the rules.Public AGM papers, AGM minutes, vote counts, voting records, committee terms of reference and decision logs were not found in the reviewed material.Election dates, individual terms of office and public records of Executive Committee decisions were not established.What was not confirmed. The reviewed public material did not establish a separate safeguarding officer role, direct safeguarding telephone number, DBS requirements, safeguarding training records, complete event-specific safeguarding arrangements or a standard public parent or guardian event-consent process.A standalone Complaints Policy and standalone Disciplinary Code were not found.Complete complaint stages, appeal arrangements, independent review provisions and published complaint or disciplinary outcomes were not established.Public AGM papers, minutes, voting records, committee terms of reference and decision logs were not found.

Question 7

Not found, not confirmed and supporting evidence

Accepted Answer

Membership and public access. Online membership completion, a publicly downloadable joining form, online payment route, complete renewal process, concessionary rates, separate youth or family membership rates and membership refund or cancellation terms were not found in the reviewed public material.Amateur, parent and youth representation. An individual amateur voting route, elected amateur representative or amateur-specific committee seat was not found.A named parent or carer representative, parent-specific membership category, parent voting route or parent committee seat was not found.A youth representative, youth voting route, youth advisory group or under-18 consultation route was not found.Public consultation records showing how amateur, parent or youth views were gathered or reflected in BCDC decisions were not found.Safeguarding arrangements. A separate safeguarding officer title, direct safeguarding telephone number, downloadable report-a-concern form, out-of-hours reporting route and named external safeguarding partner were not found.DBS-check requirements, a published safer-recruitment process and safeguarding training records were not found in the reviewed material.Complete event-specific safeguarding arrangements and a standard public parent or guardian consent form applying across BCDC activities were not established.Complaints and discipline. A standalone BCDC Complaints Policy referred to in the Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Policy was not found.A standalone Disciplinary Code referred to in other BCDC policy wording was also not found.The reviewed public material did not establish a complete general complaints procedure containing all stages, timescales, independence provisions, review or appeal arrangements, external escalation routes and publication of outcomes.A separate appeal route following the disciplinary process set out in the Constitution, an independent disciplinary panel procedure and published disciplinary outcomes were not found.Governance and decision-making. Public AGM papers, AGM minutes, vote counts, voting records, committee terms of reference and decision logs were not found.Election dates, individual terms of office and public records of Executive Committee decisions were not established from the reviewed material.The Companies House-filed 2025 special resolution states that amendments were passed unanimously, but attendance records, vote counts, the member list, meeting notice and accompanying AGM papers or minutes were not present in the reviewed material.British Dance Council and international relationships. The reviewed material did not independently confirm BCDC’s British Dance Council seat terms, BDC voting rights, named delegates or delegate terms.The IPAC seat terms, WDC or WDC TCC attendance, voting rights and current World Competitors Commission roles were not independently confirmed.Public reports to members following BDC, IPAC or WDC meetings and records showing decisions or votes made through those routes were not found.Competitions and events. Current BCDC competition and event activity is published through its website and social-media channels.A single consolidated current calendar covering all BCDC competitions, training camps and other events was not found on the main website.A complete organisation-wide set of BCDC competition rules, competition categories, scoring or ranking provisions, common booking and payment arrangements, refund or cancellation terms, event complaint procedures or event appeal and review routes was not established from the reviewed material.Data protection and privacy. A named individual Data Protection Officer contact was not found. The reviewed Data Protection and GDPR Policy identifies the Data Protection Officer as the Board Presidium.A complete data-retention schedule and privacy information displayed directly at the point of membership application were not found.A public directory of BCDC members was not found.Rules and policy currency. A dated or versioned public index identifying the complete current set of BCDC rules and policies was not found.The current version, approval date, review date and amendment history of every reviewed document were not established.The Communications Policy records an approval or review date of 1 November 2020 and states that its next review was due in autumn 2025. A later publicly reviewed version was not identified.

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