Finance Score: 0

Governance Score: 3

Support Score: 10

No PartB

Good trustee age range: +3

Grant maker support: +10

Overall GiG Score: 13

CURIOUS ARTS

Curious Arts is a Newcastle Gateshead based charity championing and developing Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Intersex, Asexual plus, arts, artists and audiences across the North East of England and beyond. Producers of award-winning Curious Festival, Curious Arts co-ordinate Queer Arts North and develop community-focused arts projects, artist commissions, youth groups and events.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The charity has received backing from multiple prominent grant makers including the Government recently
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data

Financial Data ?

Y/E		Income	Spending	Surplus/ Deficit	Volun- teers
30/04/23		£353,987	£303,846	£50,141	23

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 2 years
(7 years as a company)

www.curiousarts.org.uk

hello@curiousarts.org.uk

07305948834

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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Listed activities

Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
Human Rights/Religious Or Racial Harmony/Equality Or Diversity

GiG Classification

Services for those discriminated by race or gender

How it operates

Makes Grants to Individuals
Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides services

Where it operates

Throughout England,

Who it helps

Other Defined Groups
The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
23 volunteers

Who's supporting them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

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

Major supporters in last 5 years

Youth Music	£56,881
BBC Children in Need	£50,000
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland	£15,690
Co-Operative Group	£2,709

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Curious Arts
£2,709	21/10/2023	Curious Arts' youth groups provide a safe space for LGBTQIA+ young people aged 11-17 to be creative and be themselves. We'd like to buy art supplies and support the young people to attend.
Youth Music - Curious Youth Music
£28,956	28/09/2023	Curious Youth Music
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Curious Arts
£50,000	07/08/2023	This grant provides core funding to help the organisation deliver youth groups for LGBTQIA+ young people experiencing isolation. It will help reduce loneliness, increase skills and confidence, and ....more This grant provides core funding to help the organisation deliver youth groups for LGBTQIA+ young people experiencing isolation. It will help reduce loneliness, increase skills and confidence, and improve wellbeing.
Youth Music - Queer Youth Music
£27,925	03/03/2022	Queer Youth Music
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - A grant to Curious Arts
£5,190	24/06/2021	Curious Arts Activities for LGBTQIA+ young people through 2021-22 in Newcastle (uplift)
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - A grant to Curious Arts
£10,500	24/06/2021	Curious Arts activities for LGBTQIA+ young people through 2021-22 in Newcastle

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (9)

Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 30-60

HUMIRA IMTIAZ Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Company Director

PUI CHI LOUISEANNE WONG Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Coach, Choreographer, Performing Artist, Research

CATRIONA TAYLOR Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Charity Consultant & Charity Manager

DAVID TUFFNELL Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Theatre Director

DR JOHN MCANDREW Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Editor

GARETH EDWARD LONGSTAFF Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Company Director

JOSHUA DAVID EDWARD SMITH Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Marketing Manager

SIAN BROADHURST (Chair) Appointed: 2023, Occupation: University Senior Manager

VERITY JANE BARTESCH Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Company Director

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 02/03/2022, number: 1198108
Registered at Companies House on 04/04/2017, number: 10709247

Gift Aid

NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
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
Volunteer management

Filing Record

1 returns made; all on time

Main office

Town Hall Theatre
Raby Road
HARTLEPOOL
Cleveland
TS24 8AH

Objectives

THE CHARITY’S OBJECTS (‘OBJECTS’) ARE SPECIFICALLY RESTRICTED TO THE FOLLOWING: THE PROMOTION OF EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT THROUGH THE STAGING OF AN ANNUAL LGBTQIA ARTS AND CULTURE FESTIVAL AND THE PROVISION OF A PROGRAMME OF YEAR ROUND LOCAL AND NATIONAL ARTS ACTIVITIES DESIGNED TO: A) ELIMINATE DISCRIMINATION AND INEQUALITY ON THE GROUNDS OF GENDER IDENTITY, GENDER EXPRESSION AND SEXUAL ORIENTATION; B) ADVANCE EDUCATION AND RAISE AWARENESS OF ISSUES RELATING TO SEXUAL ORIENTATION OR GENDER IDENTITY AND DISCRIMINATION AND THE NEEDS OF LGBTQIA PEOPLE AND THE ISSUES AFFECTING THEIR COMMUNITIES; AND C) CULTIVATE A SENTIMENT IN FAVOUR OF EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY IN RELATION TO PERSONS WHO IDENTIFY AS LGBTQIA. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS CLAUSE ‘LGBTQIA’ IS DEFINED AS LESBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENDER, QUEER, INTERSEX AND ASEXUAL.

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