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Cambridge Curiosity and Imagination
Cambridge Curiosity and Imagination is a registered charity (number 1126253) based in Cambridge, governed by 8 trustees and chaired by Susan Caroline Lowndes since 2025. Latest income £132k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.
- 8 trustees
- Income £132k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Susan Caroline LowndesChair · since 2025
- Caroline WendlingTrustee · since 2025
- Fiona Louise BriceTrustee · since 2023
- Jemima RobertsonTrustee · since 2025
- Michael Thomas CorleyTrustee · since 2018
- Owen John GarlingTrustee · since 2019
- Richard Aidan McleanTrustee · since 2019
- Zoe GilbertsonTrustee · since 2022
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Arts/culture/heritage/science and 1 more
- Where
- Cambridgeshire, Essex, Norfolk, Suffolk and more
- Website
- www.cambridgecandi.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Cambridge Curiosity and Imagination
- Registered
- 2008
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£132k£97k
- 2024£93k£107k
- 2023£99k£123k
Earlier years
- 2022£112k£96k
- 2021£103k£107k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2024: Government grants 21%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF CHILDREN AND TRAINING OF TEACHERS AND OTHER EDUCATORS AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY THE PROVISION OF CREATIVE ACTIVITIES.TO HELP YOUNG PEOPLE, ESPECIALLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY THROUGH LEISURE TIME ACTIVITIES, SO AS TO DEVELOP THEIR CAPABILITIES THAT THEY MAY GROW TO FULL MATURITY AS INDIVIDUALS AND MEMBERS OF SOCIETY.
Grants received
5 grants · £230,318 total360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.
Top funders
- The National Lottery Community Fund · £215,741 (4 grants)
- Cambridgeshire Community Foundation · £14,577
Most recent
- The National Lottery Community Fund
- The National Lottery Community Fund
- The National Lottery Community Fund
- The National Lottery Community Fund
Board analysis
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.
8 trustees on the board
- Susan Caroline Lowndes Chair since 2025
- Caroline Wendling since 2025
- Fiona Louise Brice since 2023
- Jemima Robertson since 2025
- Michael Thomas Corley since 2018
- Owen John Garling since 2019
- Richard Aidan Mclean since 2019
- Zoe Gilbertson since 2022
Trustees past 6 years
- Michael Thomas Corley since 2018
- Owen John Garling since 2019
- Richard Aidan Mclean since 2019
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (8)
- Susan Caroline Lowndes Chair since 2025
- Caroline Wendling since 2025
- Fiona Louise Brice since 2023
- Jemima Robertson since 2025
- Michael Thomas Corley since 2018
- Owen John Garling since 2019
- Richard Aidan Mclean since 2019
- Zoe Gilbertson since 2022
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
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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Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1126253
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 4 JULY 2007AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION 15 JULY 2008
- Companies House
- Company number 06301716 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 07803926377 · jo@cambridgecandi.org.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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