Finance Score: -1

Governance Score: 9

Support Score: 3

Poor Liquidity: -1

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

Grant maker support: +3

Overall GiG Score: 11

ACADEMY FOR CONTEMPORARY CIRCUS AND PHYSICAL THEATRE

1. The promotion of vocational training in circus skills and physical theatre; 2. The promotion of education and training in the creative and artistic application of circus skills and physical theatre in artistic performance; and3. The advancement of the arts through production and performance, with a particular focus on contemporary circus and physical theatre.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

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 and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

Liquidity appears to have been slender at the latest year end

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
31/08/22		£1,307	£1,347	£-40	£0	£250	£217	1.9	68	6
31/08/21		£1,315	£1,222	£93	£0	£323	£257	2.5	65	0
31/08/20		£1,251	£1,167	£84	£0	£231	£124	1.3	44	6
31/08/19		£1,217	£1,302	£-85	£0	£147	£14	0.1	37	6
31/08/18	*	£1,166	£1,194	£-28	£0	£264	£98	1	34	10
31/08/17		£1,025	£1,021	£4	£167	£292	£93	1.1	33	0
31/08/16		£955	£971	£-16	£0	£321	£89	1.1	32	0
31/08/15		£886	£885	£1	£3	£390	£124	1.7	33	0
31/08/14?	*	£922	£935	£-12	£3	£422	£299	3.8	34	0
31/07/13		£774	£796	£-23	£3	£467	£135	2	36	0
31/07/12		£804	£897	£-93	£3	£525	£159	2.1	31	0
31/07/11		£977	£873	£105	£3	£617	£216	3	31	0
31/07/10	*	£726	£763	£-36	£3	£513	£81	1.3	31	0
31/07/09		£795	£941	£-146	£3	£549	£80	1	17	0
31/07/08		£980	£966	£14	£4	£695	£136	1.7	19	0
31/07/07		£950	£828	£122	£18	£699	£173	2.5	19	0
31/07/06		£757	£763	£-7	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/07/05	*	£1,096	£550	£546	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/07/04		£411	£388	£23	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 36%
Liabilities/Income: 11%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 87%
Reserves/Spending: 1.9 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 2 months
Quick Ratio: 1.7

Asset Split ?

Established: 28 years
(30 years as a company)

www.circomedia.com

info@circomedia.com

01179477288

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Tweets

Listed activities

Amateur Sport
Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
Education/Training

GiG Classification

Performing and visual arts

How it operates

Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Provides human resources
Provides services

Where it operates

Bristol City, South Gloucestershire,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
People With Disabilities
The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

68 employees
6 volunteers

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.

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to Circomedia
£600	21/09/2021	As approved by the High Sheriff towards holiday activities for young people
Quartet Community Foundation - Filwood Youth Circus
£25,000	09/12/2019 10	A partnership between Circomedia, Filwood Community Centre and Streetspace to deliver a weekly youth circus for local young people who will gain from the physical, social and creative benefits.
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Circomedia
£24,500	07/02/2018	Discovering and Celebrating Bristol's Circus Heritage to mark 250 years of Circus

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 33-69

CLAIRE MICHELLE WILLIAMS Appointed: 2014, Occupation: Chartered Accountant

LAURA TANNER Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Arts And Music Project Manager

MARTIN ANTHONY JAMES BOOTH Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Journalist

NORMAN STEPHENSON Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Director

SCOTT WILSON-EVANS Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Marketing And Communications Manager

ANDY HAY Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Theatre/Film Director, Other trusteeship: ST MICHAEL'S MEMORIAL PARISH HALL,

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 16/07/1996, number: 1056852
Registered at Companies House on 13/05/1994, number: 02928738

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Other Regulators

Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education)

Policies in force

Complaints handling
Conflicting interests
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Volunteer management

Filing Record

19 returns made; AR18: 18 days late, AR14: 20 days late, AR10: 21 days late, AR05: 349 days late,

Main office

St. Pauls Church
Portland Square
BRISTOL
BS2 8SJ

Objectives

THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS ARE: (A) THE PROMOTION OF VOCATIONAL TRAINING IN CIRCUS SKILLS AND PHYSICAL THEATRE; (B) THE PROMOTION OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING IN THE CREATIVE AND ARTISTIC APPLICATION OF CIRCUS SKILLS AND PHYSICAL THEATRE IN ARTISTIC PERFORMANCE; AND (C) THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE ARTS THROUGH PRODUCTION AND PERFORMANCE, WITH A PARTICULAR FOCUS ON CONTEMPORARY CIRCUS AND PHYSICAL THEATRE

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

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