Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: -3
Support Score: 8
  • No PartB
  • All female board: -3
  • Grant maker support: +8
Overall GiG Score: 5 ?

HANDSTAND ARTS 

Handstand Arts works to advance the arts through the presentation of circus performances and other arts for the public benefit, in particular but not exclusively for those people living in Bristol and the surrounding areas
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Positives:

  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • The Board is completely female

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
  • Income has been volatile recently and was substantially in excess of spending in the latest year

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income Spending Surplus/
Deficit
Volun-
teers
01/04/23£51,799£13,739£38,0600
01/04/22£119,776£140,813£-21,03712
01/04/21*£44,965£32,145£12,8200
01/04/20£104,376£106,413£-2,03722
Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 5 years

www.bristolcircuscity.com

rhiannon@bristolcircuscity.com

07980639255

Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
GiG Classification
  • Performing and visual arts
How it operates
  • Acts as an umbrella or resource body
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Throughout England And Wales,
Who it helps
  • The General Public/Mankind

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£32,000
The Foyle Foundation£20,000
Quartet Community Foundation£5,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to Handstand Arts CIO
£5,000 14/07/2023
For a targeted programme of activity to increase access to Circus City for a wider audience specifically Neurodiverse, D/deaf and Disabled Audiences and young people from lower socio-economic groups.
The Foyle Foundation - Arts
£20,000 29/11/2022
as a general contribution towards the 2023 contemporary circus festival (awarded grant in response to coronavirus)
DCMS - Culture Recovery Fund: Emergency Resource Support
£32,000 28/10/2021
This fund aims to provide emergency funding awards to culturally significant organisations that were financially sustainable before Covid-19 but are now at imminent risk of failure and have exhausted ....more

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (4)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 28/01/2019, number: 1181762
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
4 returns made; AR21: 62 days late,
Main office

19 Greenbank Avenue West
BRISTOL
BS5 6EP

Objectives

THE OBJECT OF THE CIO IS TO ADVANCE THE ARTS THROUGH THE PRESENTATION OF CIRCUS PERFORMANCES AND OTHER PERFORMANCE ARTS FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY FOR THOSE PEOPLE LIVING IN BRISTOL AND THE SURROUNDING AREAS.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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