The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

National Centre for Circus Arts

Registered charity 1001839 Registered since 1991

Operates: Throughout England And Wales

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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

3.8y median 4y
average tenure
6y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

9.9y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (11)

Portfolio (2)

13
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Arts/culture/heritage/science 13Education/training 13General Charitable Purposes 1The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 1

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Retail and trade 51Education 14Health and social care 12

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.

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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£2.9m latest income · spending exceeded income in 2024 and 2025
ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

2.1 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 3.1 in 2021

70 from 108 in 2021
EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

Connected through a shared trustee

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.nationalcircus.org.uk
Emailcharity@nationalcircus.org.uk
Phone02076138233
AddressNational Centre For Circus Arts, Coronet Street, LONDON, N1 6HD

Finances

£2,897,560 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£2,531,962£2,546,170
2022£2,670,884£2,803,148
2023£3,112,090£3,032,309
2024£2,602,093£2,878,948
2025£2,897,560£2,899,842

What it does

What

Education/trainingArts/culture/heritage/science

Who

Children/young PeopleThe General Public/mankind

How

Makes Grants To IndividualsProvides Buildings/facilities/open SpaceProvides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/information

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.

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

Trustees (13)

13trustees
52median age
0aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

National Centre for Circus Arts · 02553293 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 30/10/1990

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (3)

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