Registered charity (CIO) · Bristol
Circus City
- 6 trustees
- Income £42k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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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
- Arts/culture/heritage/science
- Where
- Throughout England And Wales
- Website
- www.bristolcircuscity.com (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2019
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£42k£50k
- 2024£153k£164k
- 2023£52k£14k
Earlier years
- 2022£120k£141k
- 2021£45k£32k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 11%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
THE OBJECT OF THE CIO IS TO ADVANCE THE ARTS THROUGH THE PRESENTATION OF CIRCUS PERFORMANCES AND OTHER PERFORMANCE ARTS FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY FOR THOSE PEOPLE LIVING IN BRISTOL AND THE SURROUNDING AREAS.
Grants received
5 grants · £50,000 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 · £32,000
- Backstage Trust · £10,000
- Quartet Community Foundation · £8,000 (3 grants)
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
- Kate Webb Chair since 2018
- Amy Nicholls since 2023
- Anna Duncan since 2025
- Haleema Maria Mekani since 2025
- Manya Benenson since 2025
- Sascha Karissa Goslin since 2019
Trustees past 6 years
- Kate Webb Chair since 2018
- Sascha Karissa Goslin since 2019
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (6)
- Kate Webb Chair since 2018
- Amy Nicholls since 2023
- Anna Duncan since 2025
- Haleema Maria Mekani since 2025
- Manya Benenson since 2025
- Sascha Karissa Goslin since 2019
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.
Gaps to watch
- Narrow spread of causes across the board
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
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1181762
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 28 Jan 2019 as amended on 29 Apr 2025
- Contact on the register
- 07980639255 · rhiannon@bristolcircuscity.com
- 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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