Overall GiG Score: 14 ?
Finance Score: 1
Governance Score: 8
Support Score: 5
  • Low unrestricted reserves: -2
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • 12+ Trustees: -1
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +5

NATIONAL CENTRE FOR CIRCUS ARTS 

Develop the profile of contemporary circus in the UK as an Artform open to everyone. Develop and provide a range of educational programmes and courses in the field of Circus to the highest possible standards.Provide production and creation opportunities for Circus artists.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • Fundraising costs are unusually low relative to funds raised
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • There are 15 trustees whereas the Charities Commission recommends a maximum of 12
  • Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

  • Unrestricted reserves appear to be dangerously low at the latest year end
  • There has been a change of accounting period recently, so trends may be hard to determine
Established: 33 years

www.nationalcircus.org.uk

charity@nationalcircus.org.uk

02076138233

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Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
N.B. data has been adjusted to reflect year end change
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
31/08/23?£3,112£3,032£80£35£3,509£6562.61050
31/07/22£2,671£2,803£-132£314£3,397£5452.3990
31/07/21£2,532£2,546£-14£188£3,487£63431080
31/07/20£2,479£2,277£202£227£3,497£6453.41130
31/07/19£2,413£2,296£117£240£3,279£4272.21030
31/07/18£2,628£2,536£92£339£3,125£2721.31080
31/07/17£2,527£2,596£-69£200£3,033£1810.81100
31/07/16£2,802£2,875£-73£441£3,071£2260.91220
31/07/15£2,789£2,914£-125£426£3,179£2861.2550
31/07/14£2,802£2,823£-21£460£3,304£4521.9530
31/07/13£2,631£2,462£169£294£3,325£3671.8480
31/07/12£2,679£2,451£228£214£3,156£1020.5460
31/07/11£2,382£2,168£214£239£2,928£-63-0.4440
31/07/10*£2,254£2,132£121£140£2,714£-255-1.4460
31/07/09£2,122£2,390£-268£53£2,918£-211-1.1460
31/07/08£2,199£2,170£28£27£3,186£-16-0.1460
31/07/07?£3,842£2,591£1,251£34£3,157£-23-0.1390
31/03/06*£2,255£1,579£676£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05*£1,332£1,291£40£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04*£1,184£1,144£41£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 1.5%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 1.2%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 10%
Highest pay band: £60,000-£70,000
Liabilities/Assets: 16%
Liabilities/Income: 23%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 19%
Reserves/Spending: 2.6 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 1 months
Quick Ratio: 1.4
Asset Split ?
What it does
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Education/Training
Who works here?
  • 105 employees
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • The General Public/Mankind
How it operates
  • Makes Grants to Individuals
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Throughout England And Wales,

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
DCMS£1,047,157
BBC Children in Need£30,000
Garfield Weston Foundation£20,000
The Rayne Foundation£10,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
DCMS - National portfolio organisation 2018-2022
£348,157 01/04/2020
The wider aim of the scheme is: We are the national development agency for creativity and culture. By 2030 we want England to be a country in which the creativity of each of us is valued and given ....more
DCMS - NCCA Culture Recovery Fund
£466,000 01/04/2020
To support Arts and Culture throughout England
DCMS - NCCA CRFG Round 2
£233,000 01/04/2020
To support Arts and Culture throughout England
Foundation Scotland - Grant to National Centre for Circus Arts
£100 12/02/2020
General charitable donation from the Kinlochaline Trust
The Rayne Foundation - Grant to National Centre for Circus Arts
£10,000 02/12/2019
12
Towards a project of weekly workshops to improve the physical and mental wellbeing of young people aged 8 to 15 who are diagnosed with an autism spectrum disorder.
BBC Children in Need - Grant to National Centre for Circus Arts
£30,000 08/08/2019
36
Circus activities for children with autism, living in Hackney. Children will benefit through increased self-belief, improved physical confidence and positive relationships with other young people.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£20,000 28/05/2019
Building Community Circus
Co-Operative Group - Grant to National Centre for Circus Arts
£9,456 19/11/2018
We want to deliver 10 free circus workshops to schools and community groups working with young people experiencing disadvantage.
London Marathon Charitable Trust - Replacement floors and stair lift at Circus Space
£62,500 16/03/2016
Replacement floors and stair lift at Circus Space
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to National Centre for Circus Arts
£150,000 30/10/2014
Towards costs associated with Lab:time, an artist development programme which aims to generate an increase in the quality and quantity of new circus performance.
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to National Centre for Circus Arts
£114,000 19/01/2011
Towards a programme to support emerging circus artists.
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (15)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 13/15 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 33-58
  • ALISON KING Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Chief Executive Officer
  • BRETT CARRON Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Investment Management
  • SEAN LYNSKEY Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Chief Operating Officer
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 11/02/1991, number: 1001839
  • Registered at Companies House on 30/10/1990, number: 02553293
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Filing Record
20 returns made; AR10: 1 days late, AR06: 15 days late, AR05: 15 days late, AR04: 110 days late,
Main office

THE CIRCUS SPACE
CORONET STREET
LONDON
N1 6HD

Objectives

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE ARTS AND TO ADVANCE THE ARTS, IN EACH CASE WITH PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVE REFERENCE TO THE CIRCUS ARTS.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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