CIRCLES OF SUPPORT AND ACCOUNTABILITY
Registered charity 1122641 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CIRCLES UK
Circles UK is a national charity which facilitates the development of Circles of Support and Accountability ( Circles) and ensures quality standards and safety in this work. Circles are a community-based programme working closely with statutory services, helping known sex offenders live offence-free lives. Circles UK provides training, guidance, applying national standards to member Projects
Causes: Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Economic/community Development/employment · Other Charitable Purposes · website · Get email alerts
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity closed the financial year with a budget deficit of £26,138, which the Trustees attribute to a slow start in project delivery rather than operational losses. Per the trustees' report, the organisation successfully met its reserves policy target of retaining three months of operational costs, with total funds carried forward amounting to £546,031.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Reserves policy: three months of operational costs (held: £538k)
“The Trustees’ policy is to retain reserves equivalent to at least three months of operational costs, a target that was successfully met during the 2024/25 financial year.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.
Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): instagram
- Christiane Glennie
- Emma Louise Tuschick
- Justine Caroll
- Nigel Geoffrey Barnes
- Parasathi Mullan
- SIMON BAILEY CBE
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Throughout England And Wales
Income and spending
Common questions
Is CIRCLES OF SUPPORT AND ACCOUNTABILITY financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity closed the financial year with a budget deficit of £26,138, which the Trustees attribute to a slow start in project delivery rather than operational losses. Per the trustees' report, the organisation successfully met its reserves policy target of retaining three months of operational costs, with total funds carried forward amounting to £546,031. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.
Who funds CIRCLES OF SUPPORT AND ACCOUNTABILITY?
Funders whose own accounts filings name CIRCLES OF SUPPORT AND ACCOUNTABILITY as a grant recipient include THE MARY KINROSS CHARITABLE TRUST, THE A B CHARITABLE TRUST, THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST. JOHN THE EVANGELIST, READING, PICKERING AND HULL AREA QUAKER MEETING.
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