Finance Score: 3
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 8
  • Good reserves management: +3
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +8
Overall GiG Score: 17 ?

CURIOUS MINDS

Curious Minds is a creative charity delivering a wide range of initiatives for children and young people in the North West. We believe it is everyone's right to have the opportunity to realise their creative potential and we aim to make a difference in children and young people's lives through increasing participation in arts and cultural activities.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently
  • Reserves management has been consistently within official guidelines
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Over half the Board have joined recently

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£2,013£2,025£-12£0£1,165£1,0206240
31/03/22£1,778£1,616£163£0£1,177£7005.2210
31/03/21£1,899£1,924£-25£0£1,014£6103.8240
31/03/20£1,805£1,657£148£0£1,039£5193.8230
31/03/19£1,723£1,585£137£0£891£5063.8250
31/03/18£1,777£1,916£-139£0£754£4763230
31/03/17£1,658£1,818£-160£0£893£3952.6200
31/03/16£1,538£1,329£209£0£1,053£3533.2170
31/03/15£1,668£2,063£-395£7£844£3001.7160
31/03/14?£981£665£316£6£1,239£1983.6140
31/08/13£1,736£1,288£447£6£923£1401.3120
31/08/12£1,289£1,025£265£10£476£1241.5100
31/08/11£1,888£2,545£-657£14£211£1150.5160
31/08/10£2,406£2,281£125£12£868£760.4160

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 4%
Highest pay band: £60,000-£70,000
Liabilities/Assets: 16%
Liabilities/Income: 11%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 88%
Reserves/Spending: 6 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 7 months
Quick Ratio: 5.6
Asset Split ?
Balance Sheet History
Established: 15 years

www.curiousminds.org.uk

info@curiousminds.org.uk

01942 387083

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Education/Training
GiG Classification
  • Performing and visual arts
How it operates
  • Makes grants to organisations
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Throughout England And Wales,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • 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£593,124
Esmee Fairbairn£50,000
Paul Hamlyn Foundation£20,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
DCMS - Investment Funds
£25,000 16/03/2023
We are the national development agency for creativity and culture. By 2030 we want England to be a country in which the creativity of each of us is valued and given the chance to flourish and where everyone of us has access to a remarkable range of ....more
DCMS - Investment funds
£250,400 19/12/2022
We are the national development agency for creativity and culture. By 2030 we want England to be a country in which the creativity of each of us is valued and given the chance to flourish and where everyone of us has access to a remarkable range of ....more
DCMS - Investment funds
£50,000 03/11/2022
We are the national development agency for creativity and culture. By 2030 we want England to be a country in which the creativity of each of us is valued and given the chance to flourish and where everyone of us has access to a remarkable range of ....more
DCMS - Bridge Expansion
£82,612 22/03/2022
The Arts Council funds a network of 10 Bridge organisations to connect the cultural sector and the education sector so that children & young people can have access to great arts and cultural opportunities.
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Curious Minds
£50,000 03/11/2020
12
Towards Project costs for a programme supporting cultural projects for children transitioning from primary to secondary school alongside the creation of a network of cultural practitioners and new partnerships.
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - COVID19 Emergency Funding
£20,000 16/04/2020
3
Support to aid the organisation in dealing with the challenges posed by COVID19.
DCMS - Bridge Expansion 2020/21
£82,612 01/04/2020
We are the national development agency for creativity and culture. We have set out our strategic vision in Lets Create that by 2030 we want England to be a country in which the creativity of each of us is valued and given the chance to flourish and ....more
DCMS - Lets Create Boxes - Spring 2020
£15,000 01/04/2020
We are the national development agency for creativity and culture. We have set out our strategic vision in Lets Create that by 2030 we want England to be a country in which the creativity of each of us is valued and given the chance to flourish and ....more
DCMS - Hope Streets
£50,000 31/03/2020
Hope Streets
DCMS - Hope Streets
£37,500 31/03/2020
Hope Streets. The wider aim of the scheme is: to provide a fund of last resort to protect the UKs heritage
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Curious Minds
£49,000 02/08/2017
Harris Transformers
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Curious Minds
£1,148,800 28/06/2017
Hope Streets
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Curious Minds
£10,000 06/09/2016
Blaze Harris Transformers
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (8)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 21-59
  • ABBY ERIN SYMONDS Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Creative Practitioner / Artist
  • ALICIA CARMEL SMITH Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Head Of Arts & Participation
  • DAVID ALAN WEARING Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Principal
  • JANET MARY MADDEN GOODIER Appointed: 2024
  • KARA JANE ORFORD Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Associate Director Of Programme Delivery
  • KATHY MCARDLE (Chair) Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Director Regeneration & Culture
  • MUSTAFA ABDULLAH HASSAN Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Project Lead
  • SAMIRA JANE AL-OBAIDI Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Local Government Principle Officer
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 06/08/2009, number: 1130988
  • Registered at Companies House on 17/12/2008, number: 06775402
Gift Aid
  • NOT 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
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Filing Record
14 returns made; all on time
Main office

Studio 15
The Old Courts
Gerrard Winstanley House
Crawford Street
WIGAN
Lancashi

Objectives

TO ADVANCE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT THE EDUCATION OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE WITHIN ENGLAND IN ORDER TO ENABLE THEM TO PARTICIPATE IN SOCIETY ASMATURE AND RESPONSIBLE INDIVIDUALS, IN PARTICULAR BY:A) SUPPORTING THEM TO BECOME SUCCESSFUL LEARNERS AND RESPONSIBLE CITIZENSBY WORKING WITH OTHERS TO EXTEND THE RANGE, AMOUNT, QUALITY AND SCOPEOF FORMAL AND INFORMAL LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES IN THE AREAS OF CREATIVITY,ARTS, MEDIA, CULTURE, HERITAGE, HUMANITIES AND SCIENCE;B) SUPPORTING TEACHERS, PRACTITIONERS, CARERS, PERFORMERS AND ARTISTS INDEVELOPING THE NECESSARY SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE TO ASSIST THEM IN ENABLINGCHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE BOTH INSIDE AND OUTSIDE FORMAL EDUCATION TODEVELOP AND APPLY THEIR SKILLS AND TALENTS AND TO OPEN UP TO THEMCULTURAL AND CREATIVE ACTIVITY;C) DEVELOPING PROGRAMMES, WHERE APPROPRIATE, IN PARTNERSHIP WITH OTHERSTO DELIVER POSITIVE LEARNING OUTCOMES AND ENCOURAGE THE RECOGNITION,ENJOYMENT AND USE OF CULTURE, MEDIA AND HERITAGE;D) EMPOWERING THEM TO BE INVOLVED IN THE PROMOTION OF CULTURAL ANDLEARNING ACTIVITIES AND ENHANCING THEIR SKILLS, CAPACITIES AND CAPABILITIES;E) ENCOURAGING THEM TO VISIT, EXPERIENCE, PARTICIPATE IN, INITIATE ANDENGAGE IN CULTURAL ACTIVITIES, PLACES AND PERFORMANCES.

Defined Area of Benefit:

ENGLAND

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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