The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 30th August 2026

Academy for Contemporary Circus and Physical Theatre

Registered charity 1056852 Registered since 1996

Operates: Bristol City, South Gloucestershire

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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.

6 trustees on the board

2.2y median 2.5y
average tenure
3y
longest tenure
0
trustees past 6 years
8.7y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (4)

Portfolio (2)

6
company-linked trustees

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

Amateur Sport 6Education/training 6Arts/culture/heritage/science 5Recreation 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.

Education 6Tech and media 5Arts and leisure 4

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£1.3m 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.

0.0 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 3.2 in 2021

63 from 65 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

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Contact

Websitewww.circomedia.com
Emailinfo@circomedia.com
Phone01179477288
AddressSt. Pauls Church, Portland Square, BRISTOL, BS2 8SJ

Finances

£1,332,202 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£1,314,932£1,222,280
2022£1,307,125£1,347,471
2023£1,212,340£1,414,547
2024£1,262,729£1,366,013
2025£1,332,202£1,352,768

What it does

What

Education/trainingArts/culture/heritage/scienceAmateur Sport

Who

Children/young PeoplePeople With DisabilitiesPeople Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial OriginOther Charities Or Voluntary BodiesThe General Public/mankind

How

Provides Human ResourcesProvides Buildings/facilities/open SpaceProvides Services

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

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

Trustees (6)

6trustees
49median age
1aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

Academy for Contemporary Circus and Physical Theatre · 02928738 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 13/05/1994

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (2)

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