Academy for Contemporary Circus and Physical Theatre

Analysis

Academy for Contemporary Circus and Physical Theatre is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bristol. It was registered in July 1996, 30 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science and amateur sport, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 02928738). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Academy for Contemporary Circus and Physical Theatre reported income of £1.3m and spending of £1.4m, spending 102% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £1.3m to £1.3m (+1.3%), an average of +0.3% a year. Over the whole period it spent 104% of the income it received.

Among 17,634 England and Wales charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Academy for Contemporary Circus and Physical Theatre sits at the 96th percentile: it is larger than about 96% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 95th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Paines Plough Limited (£1.3m), East Street Arts (£1.3m) and Grand Union Arts CIO (£1.3m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 69%, donations and legacies 20%, investments 6.3% and trading 4.8%. Charitable activities took 100% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. It employed 63 people.

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.