Circus City
Charity number: 1181762
Charity reporting is up to date (on time)
Charity overview
Activities - how the charity spends its money
Circus City (previously known as Handstand Arts) works to advance the arts through the presentation of circus performances and other arts for the public benefit, in particular but not exclusively for those people living in Bristol and the surrounding areas
Income and expenditure
Data for financial year ending 01 April 2024
Total income: £153,347
Total expenditure: £164,373
Total income includes £5,361 from 2 government grant(s)
People
6 Trustee(s)
26 Volunteer(s)
Employees with total benefits over £60,000
No employees have total benefits over £60k for this charityFundraising
No information available
Trading
This charity does not have any trading subsidiaries.
Trustee payments
No trustees receive any remuneration, payments or benefits from the charity.
What, who, how, where
What the charity does:
- Arts/culture/heritage/science
Who the charity helps:
- The General Public/mankind
How the charity helps:
- Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space
- Provides Services
- Provides Advocacy/advice/information
- Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body
Where the charity operates:
- Throughout England And Wales
Governance
Registration history:
- 28 January 2019: CIO registration
Organisation type:
CIO
Other names:
- HANDSTAND ARTS (Previous name)
Gift aid:
Not recognised by HMRC for gift aid
Other regulators:
No information available
Policies:
- 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
Land and property:
This charity does not own and/or lease land or property
Trustees
Trustees are the people responsible for controlling the work, management and administration of the charity on behalf of its beneficiaries. Generally trustees are treasurer, chair, board member etc. The trustees are responsible for keeping this list up to date and can do this by updating their details as they happen through the online service
6 Trustee(s)
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| KATE WEBB | Chair | 02 July 2018 |
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| Anna Duncan | Trustee | 14 January 2025 |
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| Haleema Maria Mekani | Trustee | 14 January 2025 |
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| Manya Benenson | Trustee | 14 January 2025 |
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| Amy Nicholls | Trustee | 27 June 2023 |
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| Sascha Karissa Goslin | Trustee | 02 December 2019 |
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Financial history
Financial period end date
| Income / Expenditure | 01/04/2020 | 01/04/2021 | 01/04/2022 | 01/04/2023 | 01/04/2024 | ||
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Total gross income | £104.38k | £44.97k | £119.78k | £51.80k | £153.35k | |
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Total expenditure | £106.41k | £32.15k | £140.81k | £13.74k | £164.37k | |
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Income from government contracts | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
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Income from government grants | £53.96k | £39.97k | £90.41k | £23.71k | £5.36k |
Accounts and annual returns
This table shows the charity's record of submitting annual returns, accounts and trustees' annual report (TAR) for the last five financial periods.
| Title | Reporting year | Date received | Received | Download |
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| Annual return | 01 April 2024 | 30 January 2025 | On Time | |
| Accounts and TAR | 01 April 2024 | 30 January 2025 | On Time | Download Open in new window |
| Annual return | 01 April 2023 | 30 January 2024 | On Time | |
| Accounts and TAR | 01 April 2023 | 30 January 2024 | On Time | Download Open in new window |
| Annual return | 01 April 2022 | 31 January 2023 | On Time | |
| Accounts and TAR | 01 April 2022 | 31 January 2023 | On Time | Download Open in new window |
| Annual return | 01 April 2021 | 04 April 2022 | 62 days late | |
| Accounts and TAR | 01 April 2021 | 04 April 2022 | 62 days late | Download Open in new window |
| Annual return | 01 April 2020 | 27 January 2021 | On Time | |
| Accounts and TAR | 01 April 2020 | 27 January 2021 | On Time | Download Open in new window |