Registered charity · Bristol
Academy for Contemporary Circus and Physical Theatre
Academy for Contemporary Circus and Physical Theatre is a registered charity (number 1056852) based in Bristol, governed by 6 trustees. Latest income £1.3m (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 18th October 2026.
Also known as Circomedia (Charity Commission)
- 6 trustees
- Income £1.3m (2025)
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Who leads it
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, Amateur Sport
- Where
- Bristol City, South Gloucestershire
- Website
- www.circomedia.com (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Academy for Contemporary Circus and Physical Theatre
- Registered
- 1996
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£1.3m£1.4m
- 2024£1.3m£1.4m
- 2023£1.2m£1.4m
Earlier years
- 2022£1.3m£1.3m
- 2021£1.3m£1.2m
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 2%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS ARE: (A) THE PROMOTION OF VOCATIONAL TRAINING IN CIRCUS SKILLS AND PHYSICAL THEATRE; (B) THE PROMOTION OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING IN THE CREATIVE AND ARTISTIC APPLICATION OF CIRCUS SKILLS AND PHYSICAL THEATRE IN ARTISTIC PERFORMANCE; AND (C) THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE ARTS THROUGH PRODUCTION AND PERFORMANCE, WITH A PARTICULAR FOCUS ON CONTEMPORARY CIRCUS AND PHYSICAL THEATRE
Grants received
11 grants · £498,465 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 · £217,026 (2 grants)
- The National Lottery Community Fund · £172,457 (2 grants)
- Garfield Weston Foundation · £50,000
- Quartet Community Foundation · £34,482 (5 grants)
- The National Lottery Heritage Fund · £24,500
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.
6 trustees on the board
- Andy Hay since 2023
- Laura Tanner since 2023
- Martin Samuel Jones since 2024
- Mark Nikos Panay since 2025
- Melissa Louise Manuel since 2025
- Norman Stephenson since 2023
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (4)
- Laura Tanner since 2023
- Mark Nikos Panay since 2025
- Melissa Louise Manuel since 2025
- Norman Stephenson since 2023
Portfolio (2)
- Andy Hay since 2023
- Martin Samuel Jones since 2024
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
0.0 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 3.2 in 2021
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1056852
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 13/05/1994AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 10/07/1996AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 14/04/2004AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 22/12/2014NOW ARTICLES ADOPTED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 08/12/2014AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 22 DEC 2014
- Companies House
- Company number 02928738 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 01179477288 · info@circomedia.com
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 18th 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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