ACADEMY FOR CONTEMPORARY CIRCUS AND PHYSICAL THEATRE

Registered charity 1056852 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ACADEMY OF CIRCUS ARTS AND PHYSICAL THEATRE, CIRCOMEDIA

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.

Objects

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

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £20,566 for the year, resulting in total net liabilities of £109,436. The trustees and auditor note that while the charity is prepared on a going concern basis, the net liabilities present an uncertainty in the financial statements. The trustees believe the charity is on a positive trajectory and aim to rebuild reserves to 2-3 months of core activity in the 2026/27 financial year.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Charlton Baker (Bristol) Ltd. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education). This is the charity’s own declaration; it is not a rating and has not been verified by the Commission or by this site.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• 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
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

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

Reported reserves equal ~0.0 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 (69% 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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Andy Hay · trustee of 1 other charity
• Laura Tanner
• MARTIN SAMUEL Jones · trustee of 1 other charity
• Mark Nikos Panay
• Melissa Louise Manuel
• Norman Stephenson

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

Operates in: Bristol City · South Gloucestershire

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with CIRK HES LTD.

• CIRK HES LTD income £149k
• NATIONAL CENTRE FOR CIRCUS ARTS income £2.9m
• THE ACADEMY FOR THEATRE ARTS LTD income £251k
• ACS DANCE CENTRE income £256k
• Highly Sprung Performance income £473k
• DANCEBOX THEATRE WORKS income £1.5m

Side by side with its peers

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