Question 1

Public role and legal status

Accepted Answer

Publicly stated role. EADA publicly describes itself as “The Voice of English Amateur Dancers” and states that it provides support and representation for amateur dancers at all levels in England.The Charity Commission activity wording states that EADA promotes community participation in healthy recreation by promoting amateur DanceSport, specifically Ballroom and Latin American dancing, for public benefit, and acts as the voice of amateur dancers in England.EADA National Governing Body wording. The EADA home page states that EADA “is the only official National Governing Body for English Dancers in England” and states that it is recognised as a National Governing Body by Sport England.These statements are EADA’s own published website wording.External recognition. The Sports Councils Recognition Master List updated May 2025 lists English Amateur Dancesport Association in the England column for Dance: Ballroom / Latin.The same row lists Dance Sport Scotland in the Scotland column and Dancesport Wales in the Wales column. The UK/GB column in the reviewed list is blank.The reviewed recognition document therefore records EADA for England in relation to Ballroom and Latin. It does not list EADA in the UK/GB column.National Governing Body Green Paper. An EADA announcement published in April 2025 states that EADA is actively engaged in developing an effective National Governing Body for dancing in Great Britain and refers to an EADA NGB Green Paper.The announcement states that the Green Paper focuses on Ballroom and Latin American dancing and considers the possible domain and structure of a future National Governing Body for dancing in Great Britain.The reviewed material records this as EADA’s published Green Paper and NGB-development wording.Charity status. The Charity Commission record reviewed lists EADA as registered charity number 1147259.The reviewed Charity Commission record showed its reporting as up to date and on time and contained the activity wording relating to amateur DanceSport, public benefit and the voice of amateur dancers in England.Company status. Companies House lists English Amateur Dancesport Association Limited as an active private company limited by guarantee without share capital, company number 06606039, incorporated on 29 May 2008.The incorporation material reviewed confirms the company’s formation.At the time of the Companies House material captured for the review, the company overview showed the confirmation statement as overdue. The current status of that confirmation statement was not established from the reviewed material.Trustees and directors. The Charity Commission material reviewed listed three trustees.The Companies House material reviewed listed four active directors, including one director appointed on 19 April 2025.The trustee list shown by the Charity Commission and the active-director list shown by Companies House were not the same in the reviewed material.Relationship with the British Dance Council. EADA’s website states that EADA is a corporate member of the British Dance Council.The British Dance Council Corporate Members page reviewed independently lists English Amateur Dancesport Association among its amateur organisation corporate members.Relationship with the Sport and Recreation Alliance. EADA’s website states that EADA is a corporate member of the Sport and Recreation Alliance, Movement and Dance Division.The Sport and Recreation Alliance membership directory reviewed independently lists English Amateur Dancesport Association.The reviewed material did not establish the voting, decision-making or representation rights attached to either of these memberships.

Question 2

Public access and membership

Accepted Answer

Publicly accessible information. Public website material reviewed includes Home, About, Latest News, Safeguarding, Membership, Members Area and Who’s Who pages.Publicly accessible material also included Articles of Association, Data Protection and GDPR wording, membership forms and Coaching Scheme material.The Members Area requires login. The content available after login was not reviewed as publicly accessible material.Membership routes. Public online and postal membership routes were reviewed.The membership forms include annual and ten-year membership options and request member details, date of birth, dancer category and parent or guardian details for applicants under 18.Membership period and cost. The EADA home page states that membership for 2025 ran from 1 January to 31 December 2025 and cost £10 for the year.A December 2020 website announcement states that ten-year membership could be purchased for £90.The home page also states that membership applications and payments were available online from 2021.The current 2026 membership period, annual membership fee and ten-year membership fee were not confirmed in the reviewed material.Membership application information. The reviewed membership forms request personal information including date of birth and, for applicants under 18, parent or guardian details.The reviewed material also refers to identification or passport information associated with membership arrangements.Detailed findings concerning handling, retention and deletion of personal information are covered separately under Safeguarding, Complaints & Governance.Members Area. A Members Area is publicly signposted but requires login.The content, services, documents or member-only participation routes available within the Members Area were not established from the public-access review.Adjudicator licence route. An EADA adjudicator licence application or renewal route was not found in the reviewed public material.No EADA adjudicator licence eligibility, fee, application or renewal wording was identified.Who’s Who and publicly listed roles. A public Who’s Who area and other website material identify EADA directors and officers.A public directory of individual EADA members was not identified in the reviewed material.Public children’s results listings and public competitor-ranking directories were also not identified in the EADA material reviewed.

Question 3

Rules and policies

Accepted Answer

Rules and policy material. Rules and policy material was partly visible in the reviewed public material.Publicly accessible material included the Articles of Association, Data Protection and GDPR wording, membership forms, a Safeguarding page, Coaching Scheme material and an EADA NGB Green Paper link.Articles of Association. The Articles of Association were publicly visible.They contain provisions concerning membership categories, the Executive Committee, General Council, annual general meetings, voting and rule-making powers.The Articles refer to publication of the Constitution, Bye-laws and special rules on the website.A current public Constitution, current Bye-laws and current special rules were not located in the reviewed public material.Code of Good Governance. A Code of Good Governance document was identified through the EADA website material.The reviewed document is a Sport and Recreation Alliance 2016 document, rather than an EADA-specific governance code.Data protection material. Public Data Protection and GDPR wording was identified in the reviewed material.Detailed findings concerning personal data, membership information and data handling are covered separately under Safeguarding, Complaints & Governance.Safeguarding material. A public Safeguarding page was identified.Detailed safeguarding findings, including reporting routes and material not found, are covered separately under Safeguarding, Complaints & Governance.Coaching Scheme material. Public Coaching Scheme material was identified in the reviewed website material.Detailed participation and coaching-related information is covered under Competitions & Participation where relevant.NGB Green Paper. An EADA NGB Green Paper link and related public material were identified.The Green Paper and associated National Governing Body wording are recorded under Public Role & Legal Status.Other EADA-specific policies and procedures. EADA-specific complaints, conflicts of interest, risk management, anti-doping, equity, disciplinary and appeals documents were not located in the reviewed public website material.A downloadable EADA-specific safeguarding policy was also not located in the reviewed material.

Question 4

Competitions and Participation

Accepted Answer

Competition calendar and event information. The reviewed EADA Calendar page directed users to the DPA website for competition calendar information.A separate current EADA competition calendar or current EADA competition-entry route was not found in the reviewed public material.Let’s Dance! initiative. The EADA home page included a January 2025 announcement relating to the national Let’s Dance! initiative and provided a link to the initiative’s website.The EADA announcement stated that National Dance Day was planned for 2 March 2025.The reviewed material identified this as an external national initiative referenced and promoted through the EADA website.Amateur Coaching Scheme. Public Coaching Scheme material describes an Amateur Coaching Scheme, an EADA administrator role and British Dance Council-related amateur-status wording.The reviewed Coaching Scheme material refers to 2017 scheme information and BDC Rules covering 2018–2020.A current version of the scheme, current application arrangements and current operational status were not confirmed in the reviewed public material.Current competition and participation information. A current EADA-specific competition calendar, competition entry system, competition ranking system or public competitor-results directory was not identified in the reviewed material.The reviewed EADA Calendar page instead directed users to the DPA website for competition calendar information.Detailed amateur, parent and youth participation and representation routes are covered separately under Amateur, Parents & Youth Routes.

Question 5

Amateur, parents and youth routes

Accepted Answer

Amateur and competitor representation. EADA publicly describes itself as “The Voice of English Amateur Dancers” and states that it provides support and representation for amateur dancers at all levels in England.The Charity Commission activity wording also states that EADA acts as the voice of amateur dancers in England.The Articles of Association contain provisions concerning the General Council, annual general meetings and voting.A current General Council membership list, individual amateur voting records, public AGM papers, vote counts, decision records or public records showing how amateur views were gathered and represented were not found in the reviewed material.Parent and legal guardian representation. The Articles of Association state that the General Council should include at least one parent representative.Public membership forms also request parent or guardian details for applicants under 18.A current named parent representative, public role description, parent-representative contact route or election or appointment process was not found in the reviewed public material.Children and young people. EADA membership routes include applicants under 18.The reviewed membership forms request date of birth and parent or guardian details for under-18 applicants.EADA’s public wording states that it supports amateur dancers at all levels in England.Youth representation and consultation. A current youth advisory group, youth or under-18 representative, under-18 consultation route or other publicly identified young-person participation route was not found in the reviewed public material.The reviewed material did not identify a separate youth voting route.

Question 6

Safeguarding, complaints and governance

Accepted Answer

Safeguarding information. A public EADA Safeguarding page was identified in the reviewed material.The Charity Commission record also identifies a safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries policy area.The EADA home page contains a January 2021 announcement stating that EADA had become a member of a safeguarding group and provides links to safeguarding information.Safeguarding reporting route. A named EADA safeguarding officer, direct EADA safeguarding reporting route, downloadable EADA-specific safeguarding policy, policy approval date or version and EADA-specific concern-handling process were not located in the reviewed public material.Role-specific contact routes for safeguarding were not clearly separated from EADA’s general public contact routes in the reviewed material.Complaints and concerns. The Charity Commission record identifies a complaints handling policy area.A public EADA-specific complaints procedure or general concern-reporting procedure was not located in the reviewed material.The reviewed public material did not identify a complete complaints process containing complaint stages, timescales, investigation arrangements, review or appeal routes or publication of outcomes.Discipline and appeals. A public EADA-specific disciplinary procedure and a public appeals procedure were not located in the reviewed material.The relationship between complaints, disciplinary action and any subsequent appeal process was not established from the reviewed public material.Governance structure. The publicly available Articles of Association contain provisions concerning the Executive Committee, General Council, annual general meetings, voting and rule-making powers.Detailed amateur and parent representation provisions are recorded separately under Amateur, Parents & Youth Routes.Governance records. A current public General Council membership list was not found.Public AGM papers, AGM minutes, vote counts, voting records, committee terms of reference and decision logs were not found in the reviewed public material.The Members Area requires login. Any governance documents or records available within that area were not established through the public-access review.Data protection and membership information. Public Data Protection and GDPR wording was identified.The reviewed membership forms request personal information including date of birth and parent or guardian details for applicants under 18.The handling, retention and deletion arrangements for identification or passport information associated with membership were not clearly explained in the reviewed public material.Role-specific public contact arrangements for data-protection matters were not clearly separated from EADA’s general contact routes in the reviewed material.

Question 7

Not found, not confirmed and supporting evidence

Accepted Answer

Membership and public access. The current 2026 membership period, annual membership fee and ten-year membership fee were not confirmed in the reviewed material.The Members Area requires login. The documents, services, governance material or member-only participation routes available within it were not established through the public-access review.Amateur, parent and youth representation. A current General Council membership list was not found in the reviewed public material.Individual amateur voting records, public records showing how amateur views were gathered and represented, and decision records relating to member representation were not found.The Articles state that the General Council should include at least one parent representative, but a current named parent representative, public role description, contact route or election or appointment process was not found.A current youth advisory group, youth or under-18 representative, under-18 consultation route or separate youth voting route was not found.Rules and policy documents. A current public Constitution, current Bye-laws and current special rules were not located, although the Articles of Association refer to their publication on the website.EADA-specific conflicts of interest, risk management, anti-doping and equity policy documents were not located in the reviewed public material.Safeguarding. A downloadable EADA-specific safeguarding policy, named EADA safeguarding officer, direct safeguarding reporting route, policy approval date or version and EADA-specific concern-handling process were not located.Role-specific safeguarding contact arrangements were not clearly separated from EADA’s general public contact routes.Current event-specific safeguarding arrangements and a standard public parent or carer event-consent process were not established.Complaints, discipline and appeals. A public EADA-specific complaints procedure, disciplinary procedure and appeals procedure were not located.The reviewed public material did not establish complete complaint stages, timescales, investigation arrangements, review or appeal routes or publication of outcomes.Governance and decision-making. Public AGM papers, AGM minutes, vote counts, voting records, committee terms of reference and decision logs were not found in the reviewed public material.Competitions, events and coaching. A current EADA-specific competition calendar, separate current competition-entry system, public competitor-ranking system or public competitor-results directory was not identified.The reviewed EADA Calendar page directed users to the DPA website for competition calendar information.Current event-specific complaint or appeal arrangements were not established.The publicly available Amateur Coaching Scheme material refers to 2017 scheme information and BDC Rules covering 2018–2020. A current version, current application arrangements and current operation of the scheme were not confirmed.Adjudicator licence. An EADA adjudicator licence application or renewal route was not found in the reviewed public material.No EADA adjudicator licence eligibility, fee, application or renewal wording was identified.Data protection and membership information. The handling, retention and deletion arrangements for identification or passport information associated with membership were not clearly explained in the reviewed public material.Role-specific public contact arrangements for data-protection matters were not clearly separated from EADA’s general contact routes.Legal and organisational records. The Charity Commission trustee list and Companies House active-director list were not the same in the reviewed material.At the time of the Companies House material captured for the review, the company overview showed the confirmation statement as overdue. Its later status was not established from the reviewed material.External recognition and organisational relationships. The Sports Councils Recognition Master List updated May 2025 lists EADA in the England column for Dance: Ballroom / Latin. EADA was not listed in the UK/GB column in the reviewed document.The reviewed material did not establish UK/GB-wide recognition through that listing.The British Dance Council and Sport and Recreation Alliance listings confirm EADA’s presence in their respective membership directories. Voting rights, committee participation, delegate arrangements and decision-making rights attached to those memberships were not established from the reviewed public material.

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