Overall GiG Score: 12 ?
Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 6
  • No PartB
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +6

GREENTOP COMMUNITY CIRCUS CENTRE LTD 

Greentop Community Circus Centre is a dedicated centre for circus arts with over 20 years experience serving the North of England with professional circus arts training, youth circus, specialist workshops and events for communities and schools. Our mission is to promote excellent circus that inspires young people, strengthens communities and develops artists.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • Spending has increased over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • 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

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • One or more trustees receive payments or benefits from the charity for providing services to the charity

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
Established: 28 years

http://www.greentop.org

administration@greentop.org

01142448828

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Financial Data ?

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
31/12/22£261£253£8n/an/an/an/an/a15
31/12/21£257£226£31n/an/an/an/an/a8
31/12/20*£177£156£21n/an/an/an/an/a10
31/12/19*£243£219£24n/an/an/an/an/a10
31/12/18£191£215£-25£0£0£0n/a010
31/12/17£189£194£-5£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/16£181£150£31£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/15£178£191£-14£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/14£243£301£-58£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/13£425£426£-1£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/12£364£319£46£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/11£314£317£-3£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/10£280£315£-34£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/09*£238£220£18£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/08£171£175£-4£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/07£169£164£5£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/06£95£103£-9£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/05£100£72£28£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/04£138£126£11£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
What it does
  • Amateur Sport
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Education/Training
Who works here?
  • 15 volunteers
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Other Defined Groups
How it operates
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Barnsley, Doncaster, Rotherham, Sheffield City,

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£49,686
Garfield Weston Foundation£45,000
The Foyle Foundation£15,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (2 Years) award
£25,000 24/06/2022
Greentop Application for Core Funding
DCMS - Arts Council National Lottery Project Grants
£49,686 23/02/2022
National Lottery Project Grants is our open access programme for arts, libraries and museums projects. The fund supports thousands of individual artists, community and cultural organisations.
The Foyle Foundation - Arts
£15,000 24/11/2020
towards ongoing costs over 12 months (awarded grant in response to coronavirus)
Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (2 Years) award
£20,000 10/07/2019
Greentop Community Circus Centre Development Planning

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (7)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 6/7 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 32-68
  • BLANKA NORI (Chair) Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Accountant
  • IAN MORLEY Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Freelance Producer
  • NINA KANE Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Artistic Director
  • PANSY CHEUNG Appointed: 2014, Occupation: Claims Investigator
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 18/04/1996, number: 1054722
  • Registered at Companies House on 12/04/1996, number: 03185290
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
19 returns made; AR20: 2 days late, AR19: 2 days late, AR09: 11 days late,
Main office

74 Holywell Road
SHEFFIELD
S4 8AS

Objectives

TO PROMOTE, MAINTAIN IMPROVE AND ADVANCE EDUCATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY THE DEMONSTRATION AND TEACHING OF HUMAN CIRCUS SKILLS.TO PROMOTE THE NEEDS OF DISABLED PERSONS BY THE DEMONSTRATION AND TEACHING OF HUMAN CIRCUS SKILLS TO SUCH PERSONS.TO PROVIDE EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES AND CLASSES IN HUMAN CIRCUS SKILLS DIRECTED MAINLY TO YOUNG PERSONS, TEACHERS AND PERSONS WITH SPECIAL NEEDS.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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