Finance Score: 0

Governance Score: 6

Support Score: 8

Strong growth: +2
Multiple Deficits: -2
No PartB

Good trustee age range: +3
Gender balanced board: +3

Grant maker support: +8

Overall GiG Score: 14

SKYLIGHT CIRCUS IN EDUCATION

Life-changing social circus projects improve health and well-being.Collaborations: professionals and members create productions.Fully accessible circus school/studio theatre, Rochdale.Regular classes: circus, aerial, performance.Outreach.Specialisms: circus with disability, mental health, challenging young people, diversityAddress challenges in communities with multiple deprivation.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government and there are significant future grants due to be received
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending

Established: 33 years

www.skylightcircusarts.com

info@skylightcircusarts.com

01706 650 676

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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Income & Spending ?

Sources of Income ?

Y/E		Income £k	Spending £k	Surplus/ Deficit	Fundraising Cost £k	Total Funds £k	Unrestricted Funds £k	Mths Rsrvs	Staff	Volun- teers
31/03/23		£210	£243	£-33	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	1
31/03/22		£148	£213	£-66	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	3
31/03/21		£168	£152	£16	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	3
31/03/20		£202	£146	£57	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	12
31/03/19		£202	£146	£57	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	14
31/03/18		£153	£130	£24	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/17		£96	£121	£-25	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/16		£117	£120	£-3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/15		£129	£123	£6	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/14		£101	£104	£-3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/13		£108	£95	£13	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/12		£103	£109	£-6	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/11	*	£137	£129	£8	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/10	*	£125	£130	£-5	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/09	*	£113	£113	£-1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/08	*	£110	£129	£-18	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/07?	*	£116	£144	£-28	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/05	*	£176	£176	£1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/04	*	£187	£141	£45	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Listed activities

Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
Disability
Education/Training
Recreation
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives

How it operates

Provides services

Where it operates

Throughout England,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Elderly/Old People
Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
Other Defined Groups
People With Disabilities
The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
1 volunteer

Who's supporting them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following significant donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Major supporters in last 5 years

Henry Smith Charity	£189,000
DCMS	£30,222
National Lottery Heritage Fund	£19,849
BBC Children in Need	£2,972

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Skylight Circus Arts
£9,949	05/06/2023	Sparrow Hill Heritage Project
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Skylight Circus Arts
£134,500	26/05/2022 36	towards three years' continuation funding of a project providing circus arts based activities for disadvantaged communities in Rochdale, Greater Manchester.
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Skylight Circus Arts
£54,500	23/10/2020 12	towards one year's running costs of a project providing circus arts based activities for disadvantaged communities impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic in Rochdale.
DCMS - DCMS VSCE CMC Covid Funding
£27,250	23/10/2020	NET, Comic Relief and Children in Need will use this funding to provide: increased support to vulnerable people and hidden groups, thus reducing the burden on public services; reach local grassroots ....more NET, Comic Relief and Children in Need will use this funding to provide: increased support to vulnerable people and hidden groups, thus reducing the burden on public services; reach local grassroots and small organisations who can provide an on-the-ground community response to the crisis; and, support local charitable organisations to mobilise volunteers to enable better targeted support in communities through empowered local groups.
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Skylight Circus in Education
£2,972	17/06/2020 6	COVID19 - This grant will fund staffing costs and equipment for activities to support 20 disabled or locally deprived children and young people who are currently isolated due to Covid-19. It will ....more COVID19 - This grant will fund staffing costs and equipment for activities to support 20 disabled or locally deprived children and young people who are currently isolated due to Covid-19. It will improve their confidence.
DCMS - VSCE CMC Fund
£2,972	01/06/2020	NET, Comic Relief and Children in Need will use this funding to provide: increased support to vulnerable people and hidden groups, thus reducing the burden on public services; reach local grassroots ....more NET, Comic Relief and Children in Need will use this funding to provide: increased support to vulnerable people and hidden groups, thus reducing the burden on public services; reach local grassroots and small organisations who can provide an on-the-ground community response to the crisis; and, support local charitable organisations to mobilise volunteers to enable better targeted support in communities through empowered local groups.
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Skylight Circus Arts
£9,900	29/01/2020	Three intriquing Rochdale fossils and the landscapes they came from: Guides and performance
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Skylight Circus Arts
£76,500	13/06/2018 36	towards three years' running costs of a project that provides disadvantaged communities in Rochdale with opportunities to take part in circus activities
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Skylight Circus Arts
£8,900	29/05/2018	For the Benefit of Mr Kite: the heritage of Circus in Rochdale, performance and displays
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£20,000	18/04/2018	Skylight revenue proposal
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Skylight Circus in Education
£42,679	14/06/2017 36	This project will deliver circus classes to children and young people based in Rochdale facing disability, deprivation and isolation. It aims to achieve improved social skills and confidence, ....more This project will deliver circus classes to children and young people based in Rochdale facing disability, deprivation and isolation. It aims to achieve improved social skills and confidence, improved relationships and improved physical health.
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Skylight Circus Arts
£37,900	05/12/2013 36	towards three years' running costs of the Spring into Circus Project to increase social, emotional and physical wellbeing for older people in a deprived area of Lancashire
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Skylight Circus in Education
£19,350	28/08/2013	Skylight Circus teaches and performs circus skills to people with disabilities in order to improve lives by enhancing physical, social and emotional development.

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How is it governed?

Trustees (6)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 36-75

EIRA LOUISE SHORT Appointed: 1998, Occupation: Primary Teacher

JAMES MACPHERSON Appointed: 2015, Occupation: Creative Director

JIM RILEY (Chair), Occupation: Circus Teacher/Performer

MARTIN LEE Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Support Worker

MICHELLE RAMSDALE Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Marketing Manager

NOREEN WHITE Appointed: 2012, Occupation: Artist

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 18/01/1991, number: 1001570
Registered at Companies House on 10/12/1990, number: 02567143

Gift Aid

NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Filing Record

19 returns made; AR11: 11 days late, AR10: 23 days late, AR09: 48 days late, AR08: 190 days late, AR07: 341 days late, AR05: 1 days late, AR04: 62 days late,

Main office

Skylight Circus Arts
St. Chads Fold
Sparrow Hill
ROCHDALE
Lancashire
OL16 1QT

Objectives

1) TO PROMOTE MAINTAIN IMPROVE AND ADVANCE EDUCATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY THE DEMONSTRATION AND TEACHING OF HUMAN CIRCUS SKILLS 2) TO PROMOTE THE NEEDS OF DISABLED PERSONS BY THE DEMONSTRATION AND TEACHING OF HUMAN CIRCUS SKILLS TO SUCH PERSONS

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

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