Finance Score: 3

Governance Score: 9

Support Score: 8

Good reserves management: +3

Good trustee age range: +3
Dynamic board: +3
Gender balanced board: +3

Grant maker support: +8

Overall GiG Score: 20

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 multiple prominent grant makers recently
Reserves management has been consistently within official guidelines
There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?

Sources of Income ?

Y/E	Income £k	Spending £k	Surplus/ Deficit	Fundraising Cost £k	Total Funds £k	Unrestricted Funds £k	Mths Rsrvs	Staff
31/03/23	£2,013	£2,025	£-12	£0	£1,165	£1,020	6	24
31/03/22	£1,778	£1,616	£163	£0	£1,177	£700	5.2	21
31/03/21	£1,899	£1,924	£-25	£0	£1,014	£610	3.8	24
31/03/20	£1,805	£1,657	£148	£0	£1,039	£519	3.8	23
31/03/19	£1,723	£1,585	£137	£0	£891	£506	3.8	25
31/03/18	£1,777	£1,916	£-139	£0	£754	£476	3	23
31/03/17	£1,658	£1,818	£-160	£0	£893	£395	2.6	20
31/03/16	£1,538	£1,329	£209	£0	£1,053	£353	3.2	17
31/03/15	£1,668	£2,063	£-395	£7	£844	£300	1.7	16
31/03/14?	£981	£665	£316	£6	£1,239	£198	3.6	14
31/08/13	£1,736	£1,288	£447	£6	£923	£140	1.3	12
31/08/12	£1,289	£1,025	£265	£10	£476	£124	1.5	10
31/08/11	£1,888	£2,545	£-657	£14	£211	£115	0.5	16
31/08/10	£2,406	£2,281	£125	£12	£868	£76	0.4	16

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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

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Established: 15 years

www.curiousminds.org.uk

info@curiousminds.org.uk

01942 387083

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Tweets

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 works here?

24 employees

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

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 ....more 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 high quality cultural experiences. Between 2018 and 2022, we will invest £1.45 billion of public money from government to help deliver this vision.
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 ....more 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 high quality cultural experiences. Between 2018 and 2022, we will invest £1.45 billion of public money from government to help deliver this vision.
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 ....more 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 high quality cultural experiences. Between 2018 and 2022, we will invest £1.45 billion of public money from government to help deliver this vision.
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 ....more 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 ....more 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 ....more 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 where everyone of us has access to a remarkable range of high quality cultural experiences. We invest public money from Government and The National Lottery to help support the sector and to deliver this vision.
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 ....more 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 where everyone of us has access to a remarkable range of high quality cultural experiences. We invest public money from Government and The National Lottery to help support the sector and to deliver this vision.
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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How is it governed?

Trustees (6)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 32-59

ALICIA CARMEL SMITH Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Head Of Arts & Participation

KATHY MCARDLE (Chair) Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Director Regeneration & Culture

MUSTAFA ABDULLAH HASSAN Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Project Lead

DAVID ALAN WEARING Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Principal

JONATHAN PATRICK ROBINSON Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Accountant

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

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