Hi there. The stats above and below represent Grants for the Arts Awards allocated to circus companies/projects by Arts Council England in the five years from 2007-2012. Because there's no category for circus within the funding system, the data is partly interpretative. Awards are included here if the applicant was a circus company / organisation or if the funded activity was focused primarily on the sector.
Note as well that while Grants for the Arts is a significant funding stream for arts projects in England there are other sources of subvention — including other programmes managed by Arts Council England, as well as trust and foundation funding schemes — that circus has benefited from.
Below are breakdowns for each year; you can hover over the blue and red grant blocks to see details for that award.
You can also download the raw data here.
18 theatre grants totalling £428,568
of 535 grants totalling £11,157,7350 combined arts grants
of 345 grants totalling £8,423,061£428,568
£23,809
3%
£14,870
97%
£413,698
42%
£182,055
58%
£246,513
12 theatre grants totalling £245,004
of 512 grants totalling £11,997,7813 combined arts grants totalling £50,499
of 311 grants totalling £9,428,012£295,503
£19,700
6%
£17,619
94%
£277,884
20%
£59,762
80%
£235,741
20 theatre grants totalling £542,198
of 547 grants totalling £11,624,6454 combined arts grants totalling £144,119
of 368 grants totalling £10,886,337£686,317
£28,597
11%
£72,192
89%
£614,125
72%
£491,356
28%
£194,961
13 theatre grants totalling £492,841
of 558 grants totalling £12,652,5735 combined arts grants totalling £38,915
of 323 grants totalling £10,511,263£531,756
£29,542
8%
£43,577
92%
£488,179
77%
£412,051
23%
£119,705
20 theatre grants totalling £692,151
of 749 grants totalling £18,922,0095 combined arts grants totalling £197,125
of 365 grants totalling £13,620,008£889,276
£35,571
4%
£33,068
96%
£488,179
40%
£354,890
60%
£534,386
£2,675
Recipient: Amy Darwin
Project Name: Academy of Circus Arts
£5000
Recipient: Swamp Circus
Project Name: Circo Kernow 2008
£24,762
Recipient: Scarabeus Theatre Ltd
Project Name: Organisational development
£8,819
Recipient: Rachel Pollard
Project Name: Green Eyed Zero: In the Shadow of Picture Frames
£8,177
Recipient: BandBazi
Project Name: Project Development - Two Lovers Together Clinging
£26,477
Recipient: BandBazi
Project Name: Love Indeed
£15,634
Recipient: Playbox Theatre Ltd
Project Name: Circus City
£48,135
Recipient: Laugh4Life Ltd
Project Name: Circus Skills Workshop
£34,200
Recipient: Cirque Bijou Productions Ltd
Project Name: Tightrope and Project 360
£65,000
Recipient: Greentop Community Circus Centre
Project Name: Strategic Development of Greentop Circus
£5,000
Recipient: Gisele Edwards
Project Name: Three Year Business Plan and Development
£1,125
Recipient: Emma Bloomfield
Project Name: Circus skills course at the Academy of Circus Arts
£4,999
Recipient: Skylight Circus Arts
Project Name: Skylight Circus School
£15,500
Recipient: Skylight Circus Arts
Project Name: Circus Animateur Training Programme
£30,000
Recipient: Remarkable Productions
Project Name: Circus & Street Arts Prog' of Paradise Gardens '09
£33,000
Recipient: North East Circus Development Trust
Project Name: Five Rings Circus Festival and Circus Building
£11,320
Recipient: Geneva Foster Gluck
Project Name: Development of The Sugar Beast Circus new show
£14,500
Recipient: Cirque Bijou Productions
Project Name: Step Up 2009
£75,740
Recipient: Nofit State Community Circus Ltd
Project Name: Parklife Phase Two
£5,000
Recipient: New World Circus Ltd
Project Name: Circus Fiesta
£5,000
Recipient: Acrojou Circus Theatre
Project Name: Dream Song
£120,700
Recipient: The Roundhouse
Project Name: Circus Development Programme II
£4,959
Recipient: Meline Danielewicz
Project Name: The Maids - a Circus Theatre Application
£20,432
Recipient: Gandini Juggling
Project Name: Jugglers' Dream (working title)
£55,000
Recipient: Ockham's Razor
Project Name: The Mill - creation, premieres, previews
£5,000
Recipient: Circus Project (The)
Project Name: Playback - Brighton & Hove Youth Circus
£4,950
Recipient: So & So Circus Theatre
Project Name: The Hot Dots
£5,000
Recipient: Let's Circus
Project Name: Circadia
£3,152
Recipient: Lindsey Butcher
Project Name: Injury prevention and conditioning for aerialists
£41,300
Recipient: Layla Rosa
Project Name: What If...? & Strings on Strings
£4,950
Recipient: Swamp Circus Trust Limited
Project Name: Nursery crimes
£4,500
Recipient: Richard Durnford
Project Name: Cafe Sway
£44,734
Recipient: Company FZ
Project Name: We Can Be Heros
£76,000
Recipient: Crying Out Loud
Project Name: Jeunes Talents Cirque UK
£6,961
Recipient: Tim Lenkiewicz
Project Name: Diary Of A Madman - research and development
£24,000
Recipient: Cirque Bijou Productions
Project Name: Step Up 2010
£15,119
Recipient: Blackpool Circus School
Project Name: The National Youth Circus Event 2010
£5,000
Recipient: Psychological Art Circus
Project Name: Performance Festival at Area 10 Project Space
£100,000
Recipient: Crying Out Loud
Project Name: Lost In Music
£10,000
Recipient: Psychological Art Circus
Project Name: Human Document - Tour 2010
£9,575
Recipient: BandBazi
Project Name: Mindwalking
£35,858
Recipient: Upswing
Project Name: Fallen
£8,233
Recipient: Leo and Yam - Arial Circus Theatre
Project Name: 'Some Like It...'
£9,960
Recipient: Matt Pang
Project Name: Shuki (working title)
£74,000
Recipient: Ockham's Razor
Project Name: The Mill Autumn Tour
£50,000
Recipient: The Circus Space
Project Name: The Lift Off Project
£4,190
Recipient: Danny Schlesinger
Project Name: The Balloon Gardener
£5,180
Recipient: Stefano Di Renzo
Project Name: Research and development for a new piece of work
£179,970
Recipient: Crying Out Loud
Project Name: Crying Out Loud On Tour (COLOT) 2011 -12
£40,000
Recipient: CIRCOLOMBIA
Project Name: URBAN II.
£56,243
Recipient: BandBazi
Project Name: Mind Walking Production and Tour
£9,632
Recipient: Rachel Pollard
Project Name: Green Eyed Zero: folie a deux
£10,000
Recipient: Dizzy O'Dare Presents...
Project Name: From The Inky Deep
£9,995
Recipient: Rachel Pollard
Project Name: Green Eyed Zero: folie a deux
£5,000
Recipient: Square Peg Productions
Project Name: Woven in the Fabric
£4,620
Recipient: Francesca Hyde
Project Name: Instants
£9,300
Recipient: Acrojou Circus Theatre
Project Name: Wake (previous working title: "Dream Song")
£100,000
Recipient: Greentop Community Circus Centre
Project Name: Circus North
£17,098
Recipient: Scarabeus Theatre Ltd
Project Name: Heartland Tour
£18,478
Recipient: Geneva Foster Gluck
Project Name: {Event(Dimension):}
£41,901
Recipient: Mimbre
Project Name: Falling Up
£10,000
Recipient: Ockham's Razor
Project Name: R&D for "Not Until We Are Lost"
£22,045
Recipient: So & So Circus Theatre
Project Name: Backgammon for Beginners
£10,000
Recipient: Circus Project (The)
Project Name: Rolling on the Floor Laughing
£5,500
Recipient: Action for Children's Arts
Project Name: Circus for Children and Family Audiences
£99,500
Recipient: Circus Futures
Project Name: Circus Futures
£4,640
Recipient: Catherine Boot
Project Name: Professional development at Circomedia
£35,611
Recipient: Acrojou Circus Theatre
Project Name: Wake
£9,950
Recipient: Francesca Hyde
Project Name: Lost Post
£8,000
Recipient: Jacksons Lane
Project Name: Trapeze
£81,160
Recipient: North East Circus Development Trust
Project Name: Circus Central - training and resources
£9,000
Recipient: Invisible Circus, The
Project Name: Organisational Development
£66,896
Recipient: Cirquit Productions Limited
Project Name: Square Peg Set Sail
£7,517
Recipient: Gandini Juggling
Project Name: Developing Smashed to a full length indoors piece
£34,855
Recipient: Upswing
Project Name: Organisational Development
£100,000
Recipient: Nofit State Community Circus Ltd
Project Name: Touring Investment
£10,000
Recipient: Ockham's Razor
Project Name: Not Until We Are Lost
£23,625
Recipient: Cirque Bijou Productions
Project Name: Step Up 2011
£6,650
Recipient: Circus Suburbia
Project Name: Picnic with the Circus
£8,500
Recipient: Greater Morpeth Development Trust
Project Name: Lord Sanger's Circus Heritage Trail
£62,350
Recipient: Blackpool Council
Project Name: Showzam 2012
£96,000
Recipient: Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
Project Name: THE EXHIBITIONISTS
£44,900
Recipient: Albert & Friends Instant Circus
Project Name: The Third International Youth Service
£10,284
Recipient: BandBazi
Project Name: Development Of Bandbazi Youth Circus Theatre
£12,100
Recipient: Bristol City Council
Project Name: Harbour Festival St Theatre & Circus Commissions
£15,310
Recipient: Circus Berzercus
Project Name: Arts in Education Project with Year 2 Pupils
£5,000
Recipient: Company FZ
Project Name: Cabaret Besame Mucho
£10,000
Recipient: Dream State Circus
Project Name: Hip Hat Hooray 2007
£42,845
Recipient: London Artists Projects Ltd
Project Name: Lost in Music
£4,870
Recipient: Matt Pang
Project Name: Full Twist
£156,800
Recipient: Nofit State Community Circus Ltd
Project Name: Taboo - National tour
£60,000
Recipient: Ockham's Razor
Project Name: Ockham's Razor National Tour 2008
£5,000
Recipient: Penny Mayes
Project Name: Circus Arts in London Venues Research
£14,410
Recipient: Scarabeus Theatre Ltd
Project Name: The Wheel
£5,000
Recipient: Shelly Love
Project Name: Circus on Circus
£4,955
Recipient: Swamp Circus
Project Name: Circo Kernow 2007
£14,822
Recipient: Swamp Circus Trust
Project Name: Miss Sarajevo
£5,000
Recipient: The Circus Project
Project Name: Brighton & Hove Youth Circus
£4,900
Recipient: Turtle Key Arts
Project Name: Technical Audit for Circus Theatre
£12,372
Recipient: Workers' Educational Association
Project Name: Community Clowning