Nofit State Community Circus Ltd

Analysis

Nofit State Community Circus Ltd is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cardiff. It was registered in March 2004, 22 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03180348). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Nofit State Community Circus Ltd reported income of £2.4m and spending of £2.5m, spending 104% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £1.2m to £2.4m (+95%), an average of +18% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 23%. Over the whole period it spent 99% 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, Nofit State Community Circus Ltd sits at the 97th percentile: it is larger than about 97% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 97th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include We Are Unlimited Arts (£2.4m), The Little Angel Theatre (£2.4m) and Firstsite Limited (£2.4m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 68%, donations and legacies 27% and trading 4.7%. Charitable activities took 97% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £1.1m would cover about 5 months of spending at that rate. It employed 33 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.