Skylight Circus in Education

Analysis

Skylight Circus in Education is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Lancashire. It was registered in January 1991, 35 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives, disability and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 02567143). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Skylight Circus in Education reported income of £227k and spending of £229k, spending 101% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £168k to £227k (+36%), an average of +7.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 43%. Over the whole period it spent 111% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Skylight Circus in Education sits at the 74th percentile: it is larger than about 74% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 82nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include CMSB Charitable Trust (£227k), Climb2recovery (£227k) and The K.p Ladd Charitable Trust (£227k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.