THE CIRCUS PROJECT

Registered charity 1190577 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Circus Project is an aerial circus arts training organisation. We offer weekly classes and workshops to the community of Brighton and Hove and the surrounding areas. Children from 7yrs and adults of all ages.

Objects

TO PROMOTE, IMPROVE AND ADVANCE EDUCATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN BRIGHTON & HOVE, PRIMARILY IN HANGLETON & KNOLL, BOTH BY THE TEACHING OF CIRCUS SKILLS IN A SAFE AND SUPPORTIVE ENVIRONMENT AND BY THE PROVISION OF ACCESS TO PROFESSIONAL CIRCUS AND THEATRICAL PRODUCTIONS THROUGH PERFORMANCE.

Area of benefit: LOCAL

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: Brighton and Hove, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £26,272, which represents approximately seven months of total costs, exceeding the charity's policy target of three months. The charity reported a net receipt for the year, with total income of £40,891.33 against total payments of £42,342.62, resulting in a slight decrease in cash reserves.

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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

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.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 31/12/2022 (received 18/12/2023, 48 days after the 31/10/2023 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• Sussex Community Foundation — “Supported by: • Sussex Community Foundation” (source page)
• Brighton and Hove City Council — “• Brighton and Hove City Council” (source page)
• Arts Council England — “• Lottery Funded – Arts Council England” (source page)

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Register events

• Received assets from another charity (13/01/2021) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Lucy Kenwardchair
• David Ward
• PETER HEDGETHORNE
• Philippa Vafadari
• Selene Rull-Usano

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

Operates in: Brighton And Hove

Income and spending

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Government & lottery funding

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with CIRCUS ERUPTION.

• CIRCUS ERUPTION income £426k
• CIRK HES LTD income £149k
• NATIONAL CENTRE FOR CIRCUS ARTS income £2.9m
• CAROUSEL PROJECT income £434k
• Circus Leeds income £49k
• SKYLIGHT CIRCUS IN EDUCATION income £227k

Side by side with its peers

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