Finance Score: 3

Governance Score: 9

Support Score: 6

Liabilities <10%: +3

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

Grant maker support: +6

Overall GiG Score: 18

EUREKA THE NATIONAL CHILDREN'S MUSEUM

To promote, maintain and advance public education by the promotion, establishment and maintenance of a museum or museums for children. It operates as a children's museum providing interactive educational exhibits and programmed workshops designed to increase child awareness, curiosity, understanding and enjoyment of the world in which we live.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The charity has received backing from a grant maker
This charity has a robust balance sheet
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

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	Fundraising Cost £k	Total Funds £k	Unrestricted Funds £k	Mths Rsrvs	Staff	Volun- teers
31/12/22	£7,853	£3,868	£3,985	£0	£17,542	£4,584	14.2	100	0
31/12/21	£8,805	£2,565	£6,239	£0	£13,365	£4,005	18.7	71	0
31/12/20	£3,583	£3,572	£11	£0	£7,090	£2,894	9.7	131	0
31/12/19	£4,558	£4,508	£50	£0	£7,080	£3,716	9.9	133	10
31/12/18	£4,245	£4,496	£-251	£0	£7,004	£3,662	9.8	138	15
31/12/17	£4,044	£4,093	£-49	£0	£7,246	£3,744	11	127	0
31/12/16	£3,517	£3,594	£-77	£0	£7,194	£3,386	11.3	76	0
31/12/15	£3,247	£3,564	£-317	£39	£7,371	£3,213	10.8	81	0
31/12/14	£3,297	£3,663	£-367	£42	£7,689	£3,222	10.6	79	0
31/12/13	£3,268	£3,569	£-301	£48	£8,060	£3,152	10.6	75	0
31/12/12	£4,826	£3,239	£1,587	£37	£8,362	£3,257	12.1	73	0
31/12/11	£2,925	£3,248	£-324	£44	£6,775	£266	1	72	0
31/12/10	£2,831	£3,212	£-381	£37	£7,108	£233	0.9	70	0
31/12/09	£3,350	£2,531	£819	£41	£8,654	£20	0.1	70	0
31/12/08	£1,898	£2,448	£-550	£35	£7,840	£72	0.4	69	0
31/12/07	£1,939	£2,424	£-486	£123	£8,394	£129	0.6	71	0
31/12/06	£2,036	£2,423	£-386	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/05	£2,672	£2,399	£272	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/04	£3,487	£2,253	£1,234	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 8%
Highest pay band: £110,000-£120,000
Liabilities/Assets: 5%
Liabilities/Income: 11%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 26%
Reserves/Spending: 14.2 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 10 months
Quick Ratio: 3.8

Asset Split ?

Established: 39 years

www.eureka.org.uk

info@eureka.org.uk

01422330069

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Tweets

Listed activities

Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
Education/Training
Recreation

GiG Classification

Early years interventions

How it operates

Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Provides services

Where it operates

Calderdale, Wirral,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
People With Disabilities
The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

100 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	£783,300
Garfield Weston Foundation	£300,000
The Foyle Foundation	£100,000

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
DCMS - CRF21: Eureka! The National Children's Museum
£783,300	08/03/2021	Culture Recovery Fund for Heritage 2020-21
Garfield Weston Foundation - Major Grants award
£300,000	29/01/2021	Eureka! Mersey
The Foyle Foundation - Learning (MGS)
£100,000	28/11/2019	towards Eureka! Mersey: a new science and discovery centre on the Wirral, Merseyside
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Eureka! The National Children's Museum
£97,500	17/08/2016	Safeguarding Halifax’s railway heritage

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (10)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Based on 9/10 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 37-66

FAITH MAVIS BEST Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Developer, Trainer, Facilitator

JOHN HOWARD KELLY Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Chartered Accountant

JOHN TREVOR SUTCLIFFE Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Retired Finance Director

KIRSTY ELLEN LOUISE WARD Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Retail Director

SHAGUFTA SHARIF Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Civil Servant

SHAHBAN KHATAB AHMED AZIZ Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Senior Funding Manager, Other trusteeship: THE CITIZENSHIP FOUNDATION,

SUSAN JULIE HIGGINSON Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Principal And Ceo

ALAN JOHN AUBREY Appointed: 2011, Occupation: Director

JANE SHERIDAN RICE-BOWEN (Chair) Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Management Consultant

LEIGH-ANNE STRADESKI Appointed: 2003, Occupation: Director, Other trusteeship: THE NEXT STEP TRUST,

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 08/10/1985, number: 292758
Registered at Companies House on 19/09/1985, number: 01948578

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Conflicting interests
Investment
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Volunteer management

Filing Record

19 returns made; all on time

Main office

DISCOVERY ROAD
HALIFAX
HX1 2NE

Objectives

TO PROMOTE, MAINTAIN, IMPROVE AND ADVANCE PUBLIC EDUCATION PARTICULARLY BY THE PROMOTION, ESTABLISHMENT AND MAINTENANCE OF A MUSEUM OR MUSEUMS FOR THE EDUCATION OF CHILDREN (FOR FURTHER DETAILS SEE CLAUSE 3 OF MEMORANDUM OF ASSOCIATION).

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

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