Registered charity · London
National Centre for Circus Arts
- 13 trustees
- Income £2.9m (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Alison KingChair · since 2020
- Cameron BrookhouseTrustee · since 2020
- Christopher William UnderhillTrustee · since 2020
- Darshak ShahTrustee · since 2020
- David CloverTrustee · since 2026
- Diana SalazarTrustee · since 2022
- Elizabeth Anne LynchTrustee · since 2026
- Esther WallingtonTrustee · since 2022
- Mark FriendTrustee · since 2022
- Nimisha CarverTrustee · since 2023
- Rachael WilliamsTrustee · since 2020
- Sean LynskeyTrustee · since 2022
- Weston BaxterTrustee · since 2026
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science
- Where
- Throughout England And Wales
- Website
- www.nationalcircus.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- National Centre for Circus Arts
- Registered
- 1991
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£2.9m£2.9m
- 2024£2.6m£2.9m
- 2023£3.1m£3.0m
Earlier years
- 2022£2.7m£2.8m
- 2021£2.5m£2.5m
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 16%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE ARTS AND TO ADVANCE THE ARTS, IN EACH CASE WITH PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVE REFERENCE TO THE CIRCUS ARTS.
Grants received
8 grants · £535,957 total360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.
Top funders
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £348,157
- Garfield Weston Foundation · £80,000 (2 grants)
- London Marathon Foundation · £62,500
- BBC Children in Need · £30,500 (2 grants)
- The National Lottery Community Fund · £14,800 (2 grants)
Most recent
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
Board analysis
Board DNA
How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.
13 trustees on the board
- Alison King Chair since 2020
- Cameron Brookhouse since 2020
- Christopher William Underhill since 2020
- Darshak Shah since 2020
- David Clover since 2026
- Diana Salazar since 2022
- Elizabeth Anne Lynch since 2026
- Esther Wallington since 2022
- Mark Friend since 2022
- Nimisha Carver since 2023
- Rachael Williams since 2020
- Sean Lynskey since 2022
- Weston Baxter since 2026
Trustees past 6 years
- Christopher William Underhill since 2020
- Darshak Shah since 2020
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (11)
- Alison King Chair since 2020
- Cameron Brookhouse since 2020
- Christopher William Underhill since 2020
- Darshak Shah since 2020
- David Clover since 2026
- Diana Salazar since 2022
- Elizabeth Anne Lynch since 2026
- Esther Wallington since 2022
- Nimisha Carver since 2023
- Sean Lynskey since 2022
- Weston Baxter since 2026
Portfolio (2)
- Mark Friend since 2022
- Rachael Williams since 2020
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
2.1 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 3.1 in 2021
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1001839
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 30/12/1990AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 17/12/1990AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 06/06/2006AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 19/11/2009AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 29/08/2013NOW ARTICLES ADOPTED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 15/10/2013AS REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 24/10/2013
- Companies House
- Company number 02553293 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 02076138233 · charity@nationalcircus.org.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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