NOTTINGHAM FESTIVAL OF SCIENCE AND CURIOSITY LIMITED

Charity number: 1192135
Charity reporting is up to date (on time)

Charity overview

Activities - how the charity spends its money

The charity's objects are to advance public understanding of science technology engineering and maths by providing activities as an annual festival of science and curiosity. Opportunities are targeted for the people of Nottingham and the East Midlands region and are designed to stimulate and nurture curiosity, creativity and innovation and to facilitate dialogue between researchers and public.

Income and expenditure

Data for financial year ending 31 March 2025

Total income: £83,999
Total expenditure: £81,136

Total income includes £25,000 from 5 government grant(s)

People

5 Trustee(s)

20 Volunteer(s)

Employees with total benefits over £60,000

No information available

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
Who the charity helps:
  • Children/young People
  • The General Public/mankind
How the charity helps:
  • Provides Advocacy/advice/information
  • Other Charitable Activities
Where the charity operates:
  • Nottingham City
  • Nottinghamshire

Governance

Registration history:
  • 03 November 2020: Standard registration
Organisation type:
Charitable company
Other names:

No other names

Company number:
11842873 Open in new window
Gift aid:
Not recognised by HMRC for gift aid
Other regulators:
No information available
Policies:
  • 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
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting 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

5 Trustee(s)

Name Role Date of appointment Other trusteeships Reporting status of other trusteeships
Susan Anderson Prof Chair 22 February 2019
IGNITE FUTURES LTD
Received: On time
Professor Zoe Tighe Trustee 29 November 2021
None on record
Peter Scholes Trustee 16 June 2020
IGNITE FUTURES LTD
Received: On time
Matthew Young Trustee 21 February 2020
None on record
JOHN DEXTER Trustee 22 February 2019
None on record

Financial history

" role="img"> Text alternative for this canvas graphic is in the data table below.

Financial period end date

Income / Expenditure 31/03/2022 31/03/2023 31/03/2024 31/03/2025
Total gross income £89.97k £82.21k £85.62k £84.00k
Total expenditure £78.66k £85.87k £92.24k £81.14k
Income from government contracts N/A N/A N/A N/A
Income from government grants £35.00k £27.00k £21.00k £25.00k

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 31 March 2025 17 December 2025 On time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2025 17 December 2025 On time
Annual return 31 March 2024 11 December 2024 On time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2024 11 December 2024 On time
Annual return 31 March 2023 04 January 2024 On time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2023 04 January 2024 On time
Annual return 31 March 2022 21 December 2022 On time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2022 21 December 2022 On time
Submit annual return Open in new window

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 26 SEP 2018

Charitable objects

THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS ARE TO ADVANCE PUBLIC EDUCATION, INCLUDING PUBLIC UNDERSTANDING OF SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING AND MATHS, BY OFFERING ACCESSIBLE, CREATIVE AND RELEVANT ACTIVITIES TO THE BROADEST POSSIBLE RANGE OF PEOPLE, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY: - PROVIDING OPPORTUNITIES THAT ENABLE PEOPLE OF NOTTINGHAM AND THE EAST MIDLANDS REGION TO HAVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF HOW SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING AND MATHS AND RELATED DISCIPLINES ARE PART OF AND IMPACT ON THEIR EVERYDAY LIVES; - PROVIDING ACTIVITIES THAT STIMULATE AND NURTURE CURIOSITY, CREATIVITY AND INNOVATION; - FACILITATING DIALOGUE BETWEEN SCIENTISTS, RESEARCHERS EXPERTS, EDUCATORS AND CIVIL SOCIETY; - PROVIDING HANDS ON, INTERACTIVE AND PARTICIPATORY SCIENCE EVENTS AND ACTIVITIES WITH BROAD AND LASTING IMPACT WHICH WILL ENCOURAGE INCREASED PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT AND UNDERSTANDING OF SCIENCE ACROSS THE FULL BREADTH OF OUR DIVERSE SOCIETY.

Contact information

Address:
UNIT 5 COBDEN PLACE
PELHAM STREET
NOTTINGHAM
NG1 2ED
Phone:
07788868876
Email:
info@nottsfosac.co.uk
Website:

https://nottsfosac.co.uk/ Open in new window