The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

Circles Network

Registered charity 1043601 Registered since 1995

Operates: Scotland

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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.

8 trustees on the board

6.8y median 7.5y
average tenure
12y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

12.9y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (1)

Portfolio (7)

7
company-linked trustees

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

Disability 8Economic/community Development/employment 8Education/training 8

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

Health and social care 14Arts and leisure 2Education 2

Gaps to watch

  • Several long-serving trustees could step down together

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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£3.0m latest income · income exceeded spending 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.

8.9 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 5.7 in 2021

111 from 97 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.
55%
Income from governmentiIncome from governmentGovernment contracts plus government grants as a share of total gross income, latest Part A annual return.

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.

Related organisations

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.circlesnetwork.org.uk
Emailinfo@circlesnetwork.org.uk
Phone01788816671
AddressThe Penthouse, Coventry Road, Cawston, Rugby, CV23 9JP

Finances

£3,043,634 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£1,836,947£1,664,511
2022£2,576,934£2,178,820
2023£2,719,959£2,375,553
2024£3,149,060£2,796,570
2025£3,043,634£2,841,556

What it does

What

Education/trainingDisabilityEconomic/community Development/employmentOther Charitable Purposes

Who

Children/young PeopleElderly/old PeoplePeople With DisabilitiesPeople Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial OriginOther Charities Or Voluntary BodiesOther Defined GroupsThe General Public/mankind

How

Provides Human ResourcesProvides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/informationOther Charitable Activities

Charitable objects

THE COMPANY'S OBJECT IS TO RELIEVE CHILDREN, YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULTSWITH DISABILITIES, LEARNING DIFFICULTIES OR WHO ARE IN NECESSITOUSCIRCUMSTANCES IN PARTICULAR BY PROVIDING SUPPORT AND COUNSELLINGTHROUGH CIRCLES OF SUPPORT AND PROVIDING EDUCATION AND TRAININGFOR MEMBERS OF SUCH CIRCLES.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 30 SEPTEMBER 1994 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 9 NOVEMBER 2007

Trustees (8)

8trustees
59median age
1aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

Circles Network · 02972700 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 30/09/1994

3 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (1)

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