CURIOUS ARTS

Charity Number: 1198108
Charity reporting is up to date (on time)

Charity overview

Activities - how the charity spends its money

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.

Income and expenditure

Data for financial year ending 30 April 2024

Total income: £375,960
Total expenditure: £342,382

Total income includes £8,466 from 4 government grant(s)

People

10 Trustee(s)

18 Volunteer(s)

Employees with total benefits over £60,000

No employees have total benefits over £60k for this charity

Fundraising

No information available

Trading

This charity does not have any trading subsidiaries.

Trustee payments

No trustees receive any remuneration, payments or benefits from the charity.

What, who, how, where

What the charity does:
  • Arts/culture/heritage/science
  • Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity
Who the charity helps:
  • Other Defined Groups
  • The General Public/mankind
How the charity helps:
  • Makes Grants To Individuals
  • Provides Services
  • Provides Advocacy/advice/information
Where the charity operates:
  • Throughout England

Governance

Registration history:
  • 02 March 2022: Standard registration
Organisation type:
Charitable company
Other names:

No other names

Company number:
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Gift aid:
Not recognised by HMRC for gift aid
Other regulators:
No information available
Policies:
  • 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
  • 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
Land and property:
This charity does not own and/or lease land or property

Trustees

Trustees are the people responsible for controlling the work, management and administration of the charity on behalf of its beneficiaries. Generally trustees are treasurer, chair, board member etc. The trustees are responsible for keeping this list up to date and can do this by updating their details as they happen through the online service

10 Trustee(s)

Name Role Date of appointment Other trusteeships Reporting status of other trusteeships
Sian Broadhurst Chair 04 September 2023
None on record
Declan James Fahey Trustee 10 January 2025
None on record
Paul Holliday Trustee 10 January 2025
None on record
Joshua David Edward Smith Trustee 04 September 2023
None on record
Catriona Taylor Trustee 04 October 2022
None on record
Pui Chi Louiseanne Wong Trustee 04 October 2022
None on record
Humira Imtiaz Trustee 25 February 2020
None on record
Gareth Edward Longstaff Trustee 30 January 2020
None on record
Verity Jane Bartesch Trustee 30 January 2020
None on record
David Tuffnell Trustee 04 April 2017
None on record

Financial history

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Financial period end date

Income / Expenditure 30/04/2023 30/04/2024
Total gross income £353.99k £375.96k
Total expenditure £303.85k £342.38k
Income from government contracts £56.99k N/A
Income from government grants £2.56k £8.47k

Accounts and annual returns

This table shows the charity's record of submitting annual returns, accounts and trustees' annual report (TAR) for the last five financial periods.
Title Reporting year Date received Received Download
Annual return 30 April 2024 16 January 2025 On Time
Accounts and TAR 30 April 2024 16 January 2025 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 30 April 2023 19 January 2024 On Time
Accounts and TAR 30 April 2023 19 January 2024 On Time Download Open in new window
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Governing document

Details of the type of governing document the charity has and when it was established.
It is not the full text of the charity's governing document.

MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 04 APR 2017 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 30 JAN 2020 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 24 FEB 2022

Charitable objects

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.

Contact information

Address:
Town Hall Theatre
Raby Road
HARTLEPOOL
Cleveland
TS24 8AH
Phone:
07305948834
Email:
hello@curiousarts.org.uk
Website:

www.curiousarts.org.uk Open in new window