GREENTOP COMMUNITY CIRCUS CENTRE LTD
Greentop Community Circus Centre is a dedicated centre for circus arts with over 25 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.
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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.
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity reported a positive net income of £24,016 for the year ended 31 December 2025, resulting in total unrestricted and restricted funds increasing to £101,466. The trustees confirm that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future and identified no material uncertainties regarding going concern. The charity operates a defined contribution pension scheme and has no trading subsidiaries.
What the accounts disclose
“The charity has a long standing reserves policy requiring sufficient free reserves to be retained to meet any statutory costs in the event of the charity needing to be wound up, for example, redundancy payments and accounts fees for final accounts and to provide working capital to avoid cash flow problems.” — page 7
“During the year, the charity purchased services totalling £0 (2024: £2,011) from businesses owned by trustees. All such transactions were conducted under normal market conditions.” — page 17
Policies the charity declares
- Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
- Complaints handling
- Complaints policy and procedures
- Conflicting interests
- Financial reserves policy and procedures
- Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
- Internal risk management policy and procedures
- 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
- Volunteer management
Funders the charity credits
Property (HM Land Registry)
Trustees
- Rebecca Burleychair
- Candi Lawson
- Diccon Edward Lowe
- Ian Morley
- Macy Giles
- Nina Kane
- Richard Bruce Gillett
Income and spending
| Financial year end | Income | Spending |
|---|---|---|
| 31/12/2025 | £299k | £275k |
| 31/12/2024 | £284k | £292k |
| 31/12/2023 | £248k | £277k |
| 31/12/2022 | £261k | £253k |
| 31/12/2021 | £257k | £226k |
Common questions
Is GREENTOP COMMUNITY CIRCUS CENTRE LTD financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a positive net income of £24,016 for the year ended 31 December 2025, resulting in total unrestricted and restricted funds increasing to £101,466. The trustees confirm that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future and identified no material uncertainties regarding going concern. The charity operates a defined contribution pension scheme and has no trading subsidiaries. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.
Who funds GREENTOP COMMUNITY CIRCUS CENTRE LTD?
Funders whose own accounts filings name GREENTOP COMMUNITY CIRCUS CENTRE LTD as a grant recipient include THE THREE GUINEAS TRUST, THE J G GRAVES CHARITABLE TRUST, SHEFFIELD TOWN TRUST, HAYS TRAVEL FOUNDATION.
Known funders
| Funder | Year | Amount | Purpose (as stated by the funder) |
|---|---|---|---|
| THE THREE GUINEAS TRUST | FY2025 | £4k | Holiday activity schemes for autistic children and their siblings (Projects run in 2025) |
| THE J G GRAVES CHARITABLE TRUST | FY2024 | £2k | |
| THE J G GRAVES CHARITABLE TRUST | FY2023 | £2k | |
| SHEFFIELD TOWN TRUST | FY2025 | £2k | |
| HAYS TRAVEL FOUNDATION | FY2024 | £0 |
Government & lottery funding
| Funder | Date | Amount | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| Postcode Lottery | 28/04/2025 | £20k | Unrestricted Funding |
| The National Lottery Community Fund | 06/05/2015 | £9k | Reaching out |
| The National Lottery Community Fund | 25/11/2010 | £10k | Sheffield Youth Circus Convention 2011 |