Registered charity · London
The Magic Circle Foundation Limited
- 5 trustees
- Income £211k (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
- General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Recreation
- Where
- Throughout England And Wales
- Website
- www.themagiccircle.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- The Magic Circle Foundation Limited
- Registered
- 1987
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£211k£283k
- 2024£183k£214k
- 2023£165k£189k
Earlier years
- 2022£187k£163k
- 2021£146k£144k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2022: Government grants 18%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
TO PROMOTE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE HISTORY AND PRACTICE OF THE ART OF MAGIC IN PARTICULAR BY MAINTAINING A LIBRARY AND MUSEUM OF MAGIC WORKS AND ARTEFACTS BY PROMOTING PUBLIC LECTURES AND BY PROVIDING OR ASSISTING IN THE PROVISION OF A CENTRE FOR MEETINGS LECTURES CLASSES AND OTHER FORMS OF EDUCATION FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC.
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.
5 trustees on the board
- Vimal Tilakapala Chair since 2021
- Dr David Sidney Walsh since 2025
- Marvin Roy Berglas since 2023
- Sarah Jane Campbell since 2018
- Stuart Alan Scott since 2018
Trustees past 6 years
- Sarah Jane Campbell since 2018
- Stuart Alan Scott since 2018
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (5)
- Vimal Tilakapala Chair since 2021
- Dr David Sidney Walsh since 2025
- Marvin Roy Berglas since 2023
- Sarah Jane Campbell since 2018
- Stuart Alan Scott since 2018
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
- 297582
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 17 AUG 1987AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 14 OCT 1996AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 26 JAN 1998AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 14 APR 1998AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 20 MAY 2016
- Companies House
- Company number 02155182 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 020 7387 2222 · cma@themagiccircle.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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