The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 13th September 2026

WE the Curious Limited

Registered charity 1049954 Registered since 1995

Operates: Throughout England And Wales

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Board DNA

How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.

16 trustees on the board

3.3y median 2y
average tenure
12y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

9.8y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (14)

Portfolio (2)

15
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Arts/culture/heritage/science 16Education/training 16General Charitable Purposes 1Religious Activities 1

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Arts and leisure 21Education 4Health and social care 4

Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.

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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£7.0m latest income
ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

1.9 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months

132 from 135 in 2021
EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

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Also active in the same field

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Contact

Websitewww.wethecurious.org
Emailcosec@wethecurious.org
Phone0117 915 1000
Address1 MILLENNIUM SQUARE, ANCHOR ROAD, BRISTOL, BS1 5DB

Finances

£7,030,000 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£3,070,000£4,367,000
2022£5,304,000£5,274,000
2023£5,848,000£6,468,000
2024£16,005,000£14,436,000
2025£7,030,000£9,600,000

What it does

What

Education/trainingArts/culture/heritage/science

Who

Children/young PeopleThe General Public/mankind

How

Provides Human ResourcesProvides Buildings/facilities/open SpaceProvides Services

Charitable objects

AS A PRIMARY OR MAIN OBJECT, TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, NATURAL HISTORY AND THE ENVIRONMENT BY OPERATING EXHIBITIONS AND EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMES BOTH AT OUR SITE IN BRISTOL AND, THROUGH OUTREACH, IN THE WIDER COMMUNITY AS SECONDARY OBJECTS: (I) TO PROVIDE AN OPEN SPACE FOR RECREATION AND LEISURE TIME ACTIVITY FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC; (II) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN PERFORMING ARTS

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 18 APRIL 1995 AND AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 11 OCTOBER 1995, AS AMENDED 13 NOVEMBER 1996, AND 10 OCTOBER 1997 AND 11 JANUARY 2001 AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 1 MARCH 2006AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 23 SEP 2017

Trustees (16)

16trustees
46median age
2aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

WE the Curious Limited · 03046496 · Active

PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital) · incorporated 18/04/1995

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (3)

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