North Wales Science

Registered charity 1102959 Registered since 2004

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.

5 trustees on the board

Howard Jeremy Jones since 2025
Leah Maltby since 2019
Nigel Jones since 2021
Nigel Williams since 2022
Professor Anne Louise Nortcliffe since 2024

3.8y median 4y

average tenure

longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

Leah Maltby since 2019

9.3y

average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (5)

Howard Jeremy Jones since 2025
Leah Maltby since 2019
Nigel Jones since 2021
Nigel Williams since 2022
Professor Anne Louise Nortcliffe since 2024

company-linked trustees

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

Education/training 5

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

Manufacturing 5Education 4Other services 2

Gaps to watch

Narrow spread of causes across the board

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£1.5m latest income · income exceeded spending in 2024 and 2025

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.

33.2 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 0.0 in 2021

19 from 13 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.

Also active in the same field

Crank Nursery Limited Similar size; both Education
The Food and Drink Training and Education Council Limited Similar size; both Education
Institution of Railway Signal Engineering Similar size; both Education
The Tonbridge School Foundation Similar size; both Education
Children Ahead LTD Similar size; both Education
The Pathological Society of Great Britain and Ireland Similar size; both Education

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Website	www.xplorescience.co.uk
Email	info@xplorescience.co.uk
Phone	01978 293400
Address	Plas Coch, Mold Road, WREXHAM, LL11 2AW

Finances

£1,456,461 latest income

Year	Income	Spending
2021	£824,042	£825,882
2022	£927,441	£903,756
2023	£940,815	£927,362
2024	£1,879,564	£1,238,806
2025	£1,456,461	£1,143,011

What it does

What

Education/training

Who

Children/young PeoplePeople With DisabilitiesOther Charities Or Voluntary BodiesThe General Public/mankind

How

Provides Services

Charitable objects

1. TO PROMOTE THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION AND LEARNING, TO ALL THAT MAY BENEFIT, OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AND IN PARTICULAR (WITHOUT LIMITING THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING) TO DO SO BY MAINTAINING AND CARRYING ON AN EXHIBITION TO EXPLORE VARIOUS SCIENTIFIC CONCEPTS AND TO ENCOURAGE AN AWARENESS AMONGST THE PUBLIC OF THE SIGNIFICANCE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY IN SOCIETY. 2. TO PROMOTE PUBLIC UNDERSTANDING OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY THROUGH THE DELIVERY OF EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMES, SCIENCE FESTIVALS AND OTHER SUCH ACTIVITIES AS THE COMPANY MAY DEEM NECESSARY.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 5 FEBRUARY 2003. as amended on 23 Jul 2019

Trustees (5)

5trustees

58median age

0aged 70+

Howard Jeremy Jonesage band 65-69 since 2025
Leah Maltbyage band 50-54 since 2019
Nigel Jonesage band 60-64 since 2021
Nigel Williams since 2022
Professor Anne Louise Nortcliffeage band 55-59 since 2024

Linked company (Companies House)

North Wales Science · 04657911 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 05/02/2003

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (0)

No charities share a trustee (from current data).

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