NATIONAL CENTRE FOR CIRCUS ARTS

Registered charity 1001839 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE CIRCUS SPACE

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.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity achieved a surplus of £63k for the year, with unrestricted reserves rising to £506k, which is above the stated minimum reserves target of £279k. However, the trustees and auditor have identified a material uncertainty regarding going concern due to lower-than-expected venue hire revenues and the need to secure additional loan funding to maintain liquidity.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Buzzacott Audit LLP. Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

• Going concern: no going-concern doubt (FY2024) → material uncertainty (FY2025).

Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 02553293
• Trading subsidiary: NATIONAL CENTRE FOR CIRCUS ARTS ENTERPRISES LIMITED Companies House 02803347
• Trading subsidiary: CIRCUS SPACE EVENTS LIMITED Companies House 04027679

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• LYNCH, Elizabeth Anne — director, appointed 14/04/2026on trustee list
• CLOVER, David Charles — director, appointed 14/04/2026on trustee list
• BAXTER, Weston — director, appointed 14/04/2026on trustee list
• HORNER, Wayne — director, appointed 11/12/2024not on trustee list
• CARVER, Nimisha — director, appointed 11/07/2023on trustee list
• LYNSKEY, Sean — director, appointed 10/05/2022on trustee list
• FRIEND, Mark — director, appointed 10/05/2022on trustee list
• SALAZAR, Diana — director, appointed 10/05/2022on trustee list
• WALLINGTON, Esther — director, appointed 10/05/2022on trustee list
• WILLIAMS, Rachael Amy — director, appointed 20/10/2020on trustee list
• BROOKHOUSE, Cameron Jamie Alfred — director, appointed 20/10/2020on trustee list
• KING, Alison Elizabeth — director, appointed 20/10/2020on trustee list
• UNDERHILL, Christopher William — director, appointed 06/01/2020on trustee list
• SHAH, Darshak Ashok — director, appointed 06/01/2020on trustee list
• O'NEILL, Joe — secretary, appointed 02/01/2024

Official officers record.

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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/08/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~2.1 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (43% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.2% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Alison Kingchair
• Cameron Brookhouse
• Christopher William Underhill
• Darshak Shah
• David Clover
• Diana Salazar
• Elizabeth Anne Lynch
• Esther Wallington
• Mark Friend · trustee of 1 other charity
• Nimisha Carver
• Rachael Williams · trustee of 2 other charities
• Sean Lynskey
• Weston Baxter

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with ACADEMY FOR CONTEMPORARY CIRCUS AND PHYSICAL THEATRE.

• ACADEMY FOR CONTEMPORARY CIRCUS AND PHYSICAL THEATRE income £1.3m
• CIRK HES LTD income £149k
• NORWICH ARTS CENTRE LIMITED income £1.1m
• BERNIE GRANT CENTRE PARTNERSHIP income £1.1m
• ACS DANCE CENTRE income £256k
• NEWCASTLE ARTS CENTRE TRUST LTD income £175k

Side by side with its peers

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.