23 theatre grants totalling £879,727
of 938 grants totalling £18,083,3386 dance grants totalling £117,665
of 261 grants totalling £6,881,9703 combined arts grants totalling £260,018
of 487 grants totalling £14,471,096£1,257,410
£39,295
| Recipient | Project | Region | Artform | Subvention |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pirates of the Carabina | Flown | South West | Theatre | £10,000 |
| Cirque Bijou Productions | Happy Families | South West | Theatre | £10,000 |
| Rishi Trikha | Research and Development for The End of History | London | Theatre | £9,850 |
| Le Navet Bete | Once Upon A Time In A Western | South West | Theatre | £34,319 |
| Catherine Boot | Creation of outdoor circus-theatre show | Midlands | Theatre | £14,758 |
| Keziah Serreau | STRIKE | London | Theatre | £10,000 |
| John Ellingsworth | Deconstructing Circus | London | Theatre | £5,625 |
| Jasmine Orchard | Career and development training in circus theatre | Midlands | Theatre | £5,840 |
| Arron Sparks | Circus Geeks - Beta Testing | London | Theatre | £14,993 |
| Mark Storor | Puffball | Midlands | Theatre | £14,133 |
| Cirquit Productions Limited | Square Peg Sailing Strong | London | Theatre | £197,954 |
| UnA ViA | Lascia, contemporary circus show | London | Theatre | £15,000 |
| Keziah Serreau | STRIKE | London | Theatre | £39,500 |
| Pirates of the Carabina | FLOWN | South West | Theatre | £15,000 |
| Glastonbury Festival Theatre and Circus Area | Glastonbury Arts Commissions | South West | Theatre | £27,500 |
| CIRCOLOMBIA | Feasibility study, and business plan | London | Theatre | £14,995 |
| The Invisible Circus | Under the Dark Moon Development | South West | Theatre | £48,442 |
| Annabel Carberry | Lost In Translation Circus Company Development | South East | Theatre | £23,265 |
| The Purple Ladies collective | The Hearing Trumpet | London | Theatre | £15,000 |
| Let's Circus | Street Arts Kickstart | North | Theatre | £14,950 |
| Dizzy O'Dare Presents... | R&D Creating Narrative with Tightwires | South East | Theatre | £15,000 |
| Circus Futures Limited | Circus Futures | South West | Theatre | £250,000 |
| Gandini Juggling | Smashed UK Tour, 4x4 R&D, Organisational Dev. | London | Theatre | £73,603 |
| Gravity & Levity | European Aerial Dance Festival & Paralympic Legacy | South East | Dance | £15,478 |
| Ella Robson Guilfoyle | Echoes | London | Dance | £8,850 |
| Gandini Juggling | "4 x 4" R&D with the Royal Ballet Studio Programme | London | Dance | £9,337 |
| Joli Vyann | Joli Vyann Marketing R & D 'Crossing Borders' | South West | Dance | £12,500 |
| Ella Robson Guilfoyle | ECHOES | London | Dance | £56,500 |
| Wired Aerial Theatre | Development of an aerial creation centre in L'pool | North | Dance | £15,000 |
| Glastonbury Festival Theatre and Circus Area | Glastonbury Arts Commissions (GAC) | South West | Theatre | £10,000 |
| Marketing Blackpool | Showzam! 2014 | North | Theatre | £99,000 |
| Gravity & Levity | 'Rites of War' production and tour | South East | Theatre | £151,018 |
On 1 July 2013, Arts Council England shifted over to a new organisational structure in order to reduce its administrative costs by 50% (part of a 2010 settlement with central government which required ACE to manage a cut to its grant in aid budget of 29.6% in real terms before 2014-15). The new structure has brought a reduction in ACE's staff and seen its nine operational regions consolidated into just five. The statistics above straddle the administrative change. In order to present the entire year and to compare it to 2012-13, awards to the old regions have been transferred to their newer equivalents. So East of England and South East have been counted as South East; East Midlands and West Midlands have been counted as Midlands; and North East, North West, and Yorkshire and Humber have been counted as North.
Grants for the Arts funding to circus increased significantly in 2013-14, rising around 65%, but the total amount available through the GftA programme also rose from £56 million to £70 million (25%). In 2012-13 circus projects accounted for 1.36% of all GftA subvention; in 2013-14 they made up 1.79%.
Compared to 2012-13 the total number of awards to circus projects has risen slightly, as has the average grant size. The latter has been pushed up this year by two very large grant awards, but was also likely affected by ACE's decision to raise the upper limit for 'small' grants from £10,000 to £15,000.
National Portfolio Organisations
National Portfolio Organisations are those receiving regular, annual funding over the period 2012-15. In 2013-14 Arts Council England paid out a total £337 million to the portfolio.
| Organisation | Region | Artform | Subvention 2013-14 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Albert & Friends Instant Circus | London | Theatre | £89,955 |
| Circus Space | London | Theatre | £347,715 |
| Circomedia | South West | Theatre | £108,375 |
| Crying Out Loud | London | Combined arts | £214,830 |
| Greentop Community Circus Centre | Yorkshire | Theatre | £71,680 |
| Mimbre | London | Theatre | £127,924 |
| NoFit State Circus | West Midlands | Theatre | £204,600 |
| Ockham's Razor | London | Theatre | £184,140 |
| Upswing | London | Theatre | £117,645 |
* There are also a number of NPO venues/festivals which aren't included here but which have significant circus programmes. For more see here. The total funding to the above organisations represents 0.4% of NPO subvention in 2013-14.
Note that because there's no category for circus within Arts Council England's funding system the above data is partly interpretative. Awards are included if the applicant was a circus company / organisation or if the funded activity was focused primarily on the sector. The data covers the period 1 April 2013 - 31 March 2014.
The regions shown on the map approximately correspond to the administrative regions of Arts Council England. The shapefiles were created by merging certain English Government Office Network Regions [shapefile]. Choropleth scheme generated by Color Brewer.
Raw data sets used:
2013-14 list of Grants for the Arts awards by region 1 April 2013 to 30 September 2013 [.xlsx]
2013-14 list of Grants for the Arts awards by region 1 July 2013 and 31 March 2014 [.xlsx]
National Portfolio Organisations [.xls]
Edited data sets used:
Grants for the Arts awards [.xls]
National Portfolio Organisations [.xls]
£10,000
Recipient: Pirates of the Carabina
Project Name: Flown
£10,000
Recipient: Cirque Bijou Productions
Project Name: Happy Families
£9,850
Recipient: Rishi Trikha
Project Name: Research and Development for The End of History
£34,319
Recipient: Le Navet Bete
Project Name: Once Upon A Time In A Western
£14,758
Recipient: Catherine Boot
Project Name: Creation of outdoor circus-theatre show
£10,000
Recipient: Keziah Serreau
Project Name: STRIKE
£5,625
Recipient: John Ellingsworth
Project Name: Deconstructing Circus
£5,840
Recipient: Jasmine Orchard
Project Name: Career and development training in circus theatre
£14,993
Recipient: Arron Sparks
Project Name: Circus Geeks - Beta Testing
£14,133
Recipient: Mark Storor
Project Name: Puffball
£197,954
Recipient: Cirquit Productions Limited
Project Name: Square Peg Sailing Strong
£15,000
Recipient: UnA ViA
Project Name: Lascia, contemporary circus show
£39,500
Recipient: Keziah Serreau
Project Name: STRIKE
£15,000
Recipient: Pirates of the Carabina
Project Name: FLOWN
£27,500
Recipient: Glastonbury Festival Theatre and Circus Area
Project Name: Glastonbury Arts Commissions
£14,995
Recipient: CIRCOLOMBIA
Project Name: Feasibility study, and business plan
£48,442
Recipient: The Invisible Circus
Project Name: Under the Dark Moon Development
£23,265
Recipient: Annabel Carberry
Project Name: Lost In Translation Circus Company Development
£15,000
Recipient: The Purple Ladies collective
Project Name: The Hearing Trumpet
£14,950
Recipient: Let's Circus
Project Name: Street Arts Kickstart
£15,000
Recipient: Dizzy O'Dare Presents...
Project Name: R&D Creating Narrative with Tightwires
£250,000
Recipient: Circus Futures Limited
Project Name: Circus Futures
£73,603
Recipient: Gandini Juggling
Project Name: Smashed UK Tour, 4x4 R&D, Organisational Dev.
£15,478
Recipient: Gravity & Levity
Project Name: European Aerial Dance Festival & Paralympic Legacy
£8,850
Recipient: Ella Robson Guilfoyle
Project Name: Echoes
£9,337
Recipient: Gandini Juggling
Project Name: "4 x 4" R&D with the Royal Ballet Studio Programme
£12,500
Recipient: Joli Vyann
Project Name: Joli Vyann Marketing R & D 'Crossing Borders'
£56,500
Recipient: Ella Robson Guilfoyle
Project Name: ECHOES
£15,000
Recipient: Wired Aerial Theatre
Project Name: Development of an aerial creation centre in Liverpool
£10,000
Recipient: Glastonbury Festival Theatre and Circus Area
Project Name: Glastonbury Arts Commissions (GAC)
£99,000
Recipient: Marketing Blackpool
Project Name: Showzam! 2014
£151,018
Recipient: Gravity & Levity
Project Name: 'Rites of War' production and tour