Registered charity · Swansea
Circus Eruption
- 13 trustees
- Income £426k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Alfred Robert John Temple StroudTrustee · since 2022
- Amy Hester SmithTrustee · since 2020
- Benjamin Nagle HydeTrustee · since 2021
- Caitlin Bassel BurtonTrustee · since 2025
- Carys Elin LoveringTrustee · since 2026
- Elizabeth Ellen ManderTrustee · since 2026
- Joanne McgrealTrustee · since 2026
- Naomi Ann Frisby RichardsTrustee · since 2025
- Nia Morganna Dunstan-DaviesTrustee · since 2026
- Robyn Douglas Thomas GriffithsTrustee · since 2026
- Ruth Helen BardellTrustee · since 2026
- Samantha Jane EtheridgeTrustee · since 2025
- Victoria SellwoodTrustee · since 2025
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, Recreation
- Where
- Bridgend, Caerphilly, Carmarthenshire, Neath Port Talbot and more
- Website
- www.circuseruption.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Circus Eruption
- Registered
- 1997
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£426k£423k
- 2024£385k£327k
- 2023£184k£221k
Earlier years
- 2022£319k£267k
- 2021£321k£121k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 45%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
(1) TO PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR THE RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE-TIME OCCUPATION FOR PEOPLE IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE OF PERSONS WHO BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABLEMENT, POVERTY OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES.(2) THE RELIEF OF PEOPLE SOME OF WHOM HAVE SPECIAL NEEDS BY THE PROVISION OF OPPORTUNITIES WHICH ARE EDUCATIVE, PARTICIPATIVE, EMPOWERING AND EXPRESSIVE THROUGH THE MEDIUMS OF CIRCUS AND THEATRE
Grants received
12 grants · £302,968 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
- The National Lottery Community Fund · £93,307 (2 grants)
- BBC Children in Need · £85,468
- Postcode Community Trust · £50,000 (2 grants)
- Coop Foundation · £30,000 (2 grants)
- Garfield Weston Foundation · £25,000
Most recent
- Postcode Community Trust
- The National Lottery Community Fund
- Postcode Community Trust
- The National Lottery Heritage Fund
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
- Alfred Robert John Temple Stroud since 2022
- Amy Hester Smith since 2020
- Benjamin Nagle Hyde since 2021
- Caitlin Bassel Burton since 2025
- Carys Elin Lovering since 2026
- Elizabeth Ellen Mander since 2026
- Joanne Mcgreal since 2026
- Naomi Ann Frisby Richards since 2025
- Nia Morganna Dunstan-Davies since 2026
- Robyn Douglas Thomas Griffiths since 2026
- Ruth Helen Bardell since 2026
- Samantha Jane Etheridge since 2025
- Victoria Sellwood since 2025
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (12)
- Alfred Robert John Temple Stroud since 2022
- Amy Hester Smith since 2020
- Benjamin Nagle Hyde since 2021
- Caitlin Bassel Burton since 2025
- Carys Elin Lovering since 2026
- Elizabeth Ellen Mander since 2026
- Joanne Mcgreal since 2026
- Naomi Ann Frisby Richards since 2025
- Nia Morganna Dunstan-Davies since 2026
- Robyn Douglas Thomas Griffiths since 2026
- Samantha Jane Etheridge since 2025
- Victoria Sellwood since 2025
Portfolio (1)
- Ruth Helen Bardell since 2026
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.
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Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1063928
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 14/11/1996AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 04/06/1997AS REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 26/03/2012AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 03 APR 2025
- Companies House
- Company number 03278236 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 01792795778 · contact@circuseruption.co.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th September 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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