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Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 8
Support Score: 7
  • Liabilities <10%: +3
  • Deficit on trading: -1
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • 12+ Trustees: -1
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +7
Overall GiG Score: 15 ?

WE THE CURIOUS LIMITED

Operation of hands-on interactive Science Centre for family and school visitors
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has a robust balance sheet
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Why are there 15 trustees whereas the Charities Commission recommends a maximum of 12?

Financial issues to consider:

  • The accounts in the latest year show a significant deficit from trading activities
  • On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k		 Spending
£k		 Surplus/
Deficit £k		 Fundraising
Cost £k		 Total
Funds £k		 Unrestricted
Funds £k		 Mths
Rsrvs		 Staff Volun-
teers
31/03/23£5,848£6,468£-620£0£46,673£5,42210.11166
31/03/22£5,304£5,274£30£0£47,293£5,03711.511750
31/03/21£3,070£4,367£-1,297£0£47,263£3,64510135120
31/03/20£6,267£6,168£99£0£48,449£5,21110.1158176
31/03/19£9,482£7,025£2,457£0£35,273£5,3989.2162150
31/03/18£6,903£7,045£-142£2,499£32,846£5,6349.61110
31/03/17£6,069£6,327£-258£2,240£32,990£5,1709.8980
31/03/16*£6,989£6,926£63£2,332£33,248£4,0116.9940
31/03/15£7,784£6,803£981£2,446£33,185£4,3617.7860
31/03/14£6,588£6,642£-54£2,331£32,489£3,8837840
31/03/13*£6,948£6,758£190£2,404£32,299£3,1815.6850
31/03/12£7,064£6,841£223£2,293£32,109£1,6132.8860
31/03/11£6,417£6,286£131£2,126£31,886£1,6383.1890
31/03/10£6,294£7,073£-779£2,025£31,340£1,3362.3900
31/03/09£6,904£7,044£-140£2,027£32,119£1,2852.2880
31/03/08£7,068£6,732£336£1,914£32,259£1,2762.3910
31/03/07£7,937£39,745£-31,808£2,215£31,923£1,0650.31490
31/03/06£10,138£9,104£1,034n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/05*£7,276£10,938£-3,662n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/04£4,957£9,900£-4,943n/an/an/an/an/an/a
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Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 2%
Highest pay band: £90,000-£100,000
Liabilities/Assets: 2%
Liabilities/Income: 13%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 12%
Reserves/Spending: 10.1 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 7 months
Quick Ratio: 3.8
Asset Split ?
Balance Sheet History
Established: 29 years

www.wethecurious.org

cosec@wethecurious.org

0117 915 1000

Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies HouseFacebookX
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Education/Training
GiG Classification
  • Other facilities management and maintenance
How it operates
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Throughout England And Wales,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • The General Public/Mankind

Who supports them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Major supporters in last 5 years
DCMS£1,052,000
Garfield Weston Foundation£440,000
National Lottery Heritage Fund£99,800
Charles Hayward Foundation£25,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months		 To be used for
Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to We The Curious (formerly At Bristol)
£5,000 31/01/2024
As directed by the donor towards Project Phoenix - the We the Curious redevelopment and re-opening of the building in 2024 to create a place for STEM education that can include everyone.
Quartet Community Foundation - The Phoenix Project
£7,500 12/12/2023
As directed by the donor towards Project Phoenix - the We the Curious redevelopment and re-opening of the building in 2024 to create a place for STEM education that can include everyone
Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to We The Curious (formerly At Bristol)
£5,000 05/12/2023
As directed by the donor towards Project Phoenix - the We the Curious redevelopment and re-opening of the building in 2024 to create a place for STEM education that can include everyone.
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy - Curiosity Clusters
£3,714 01/04/2022
Full Grant details (including summaries) can be found on the Gateway to Research website: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=ST/V002171/1
Garfield Weston Foundation - Major Grants award
£440,000 12/03/2021
Survive and Thrive
DCMS - CRF21 We The Curious Ltd
£878,600 08/03/2021
Culture Recovery Fund for Heritage 2020-21
DCMS - CRF20: We The Curious
£173,400 14/10/2020
Culture Recovery Fund for Heritage 2020-21
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy - Curiosity Clusters
£14,854 01/09/2020
Full Grant details (including summaries) can be found on the Gateway to Research website: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=ST/V002171/1
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to We The Curious
£99,800 06/08/2020
COVID19 We The Curious
Charles Hayward Foundation - Grant to We the Curious
£25,000 24/03/2020
Project What If
Quartet Community Foundation - Building Science Capital in Bristol
£4,850 29/01/2019
26
A pilot project to encourage science learning in Bristol schools with low progression rates to higher education.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Major Grants award
£100,000 16/01/2019
Project What If
Quartet Community Foundation - Welcome visits
£3,000 04/06/2018
11
Toward Welcome Visits, that aim to break down barriers of fear and unfamiliarity with informal learning environments like We The Curious, and increase parental confidence in family learning, targeting families in disadvantaged areas.
National Lottery Community Fund - Make Space
£9,975 26/03/2018
12
The funding will be used to run a six month science and arts course for local communities, ending in an exhibition. The project aims to bring diverse communities together and provide opportunities for families to learn new things.
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (15)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 13/15 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 29-70
  • ANNABELLE JULIET FOOT Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Director
  • CHRIS SIMS Appointed: 2014, Occupation: Director
  • COUNCILLOR FABIAN BRECKELS Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Councillor
  • DAVID SPROXTON Appointed: 2006, Occupation: Company Director
  • DR AMY JANE SMITH Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Director
  • DR KATHREENA KURIAN Appointed: 2014, Occupation: Director
  • EILIS SANDRA DAVIS Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Director
  • LARA LALEMI Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Director
  • NICK JONES (Chair) Appointed: 2009, Occupation: Education Consultant
  • ROSS FAIRLEY Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Solicitor
  • SIMON COOPER Appointed: 2000, Occupation: Managing Director
  • SASHA PRATT-TAWEH Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Director
  • SUJATA MCNAB Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Director
  • THOMAS BETTS Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Director
  • THOMAS STRINGER Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Strategy Director At Dyson
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 17/10/1995, number: 1049954
  • Registered at Companies House on 18/04/1995, number: 03046496
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
20 returns made; AR16: 2 days late, AR13: 2 days late, AR05: 15 days late,
Main office

1 MILLENNIUM SQUARE
ANCHOR ROAD
BRISTOL
BS1 5DB

Objectives

AS A PRIMARY OR MAIN OBJECT, TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, NATURAL HISTORY AND THE ENVIRONMENT BY OPERATING EXHIBITIONS AND EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMES BOTH AT OUR SITE IN BRISTOL AND, THROUGH OUTREACH, IN THE WIDER COMMUNITY AS SECONDARY OBJECTS: (I) TO PROVIDE AN OPEN SPACE FOR RECREATION AND LEISURE TIME ACTIVITY FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC; (II) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN PERFORMING ARTS

Defined Area of Benefit:

IN PRACTICE THE UNITED KINGDOM

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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