GUITAR CIRCUS

Registered charity 1116396 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE ARTS CIRCUS, THE ARTS CIRCUS (WINCHESTER)

Guitar Circus is dedicated to promoting events and activities which support the educationand performance of the classical guitar in a variety of different settings with particular emphasis on children and young people. These activities range from one-day events to annual residential festivals which unite people of different ages, abilities and backgrounds.

Objects

THE PROMOTION AND ADVANCEMENT OF THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC WITH PARTICULAR EMPHASIS ON CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE IN THE FIELDS OF MUSIC AND ANY OTHER ARTS WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO THE PRESENTATION OF EDUCATIONAL AND ARTISTIC EVENTS AND COURSES AND OTHER SUPPORTING ACTIVITIES WHICH CAN USEFULLY BE UNDERTAKEN.

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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Registered contact address: Cotswold, South West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net income of £3,358 for the year ended 30 June 2025, resulting in unrestricted funds of £52,535. The trustees confirm that systems are in place to mitigate major risks and that there have been no serious incidents to report. The independent examiner found no matters requiring attention to enable a proper understanding of the accounts.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

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.

• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 05842595 · Financial health read from its filings

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.

• CHILD, Paula Vaughan — director, appointed 23/02/2026on trustee list
• SANDERSON, Helen Fay — director, appointed 20/10/2023not on trustee list
• FRASER, Charles William Ward — director, appointed 25/02/2016not on trustee list
• DUKES, Trevor — director, appointed 20/04/2008on trustee list
• SANDERSON, Helen Fay — secretary, appointed 09/06/2006

Official officers record.

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Trustees · trustee networks

• TREVOR DUKESchair
• CHARLIE FRASER
• Paula Vaughan Child · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with Circus Leeds.

• Circus Leeds income £49k
• GREENTOP COMMUNITY CIRCUS CENTRE LTD income £299k
• SERIOUS TRUST LIMITED income £90k
• BRIGHTON FESTIVAL CHORUS income £138k
• NATIONAL CENTRE FOR CIRCUS ARTS income £2.9m
• CIRCUS ERUPTION income £426k

Side by side with its peers

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