Registered charity · Greater Manchester
Curious Minds
- 10 trustees
- Income £1.3m (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Kathy McardleChair · since 2023
- Abby Erin SymondsTrustee · since 2024
- Alicia Carmel SmithTrustee · since 2022
- Bernadette Ellen Furey-ThompsonTrustee · since 2026
- Janet Mary Madden GoodierTrustee · since 2024
- Jennifer Eileen MutchTrustee · since 2025
- Kara Jane OrfordTrustee · since 2024
- Linda WachagaTrustee · since 2026
- Matthew James MccallumTrustee · since 2025
- Samira Jane Al-ObaidiTrustee · since 2020
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science
- Where
- Throughout England And Wales
- Website
- www.curiousminds.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Curious Minds
- Registered
- 2009
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£1.3m£1.2m
- 2024£1.3m£1.1m
- 2023£2.0m£2.0m
Earlier years
- 2022£1.8m£1.6m
- 2021£1.9m£1.9m
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2024: Government contracts 3% · Government grants under 1%. From the charity's annual return.
Grants received
13 grants · £2,356,797 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 Heritage Fund · £992,285 (3 grants)
- Department for Culture, Media & Sport · £847,500 (2 grants)
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £495,512 (6 grants)
- Paul Hamlyn Foundation · £21,500 (2 grants)
Most recent
- Department for Culture, Media & Sport
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
- Department for Culture, Media & Sport
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.
10 trustees on the board
- Kathy Mcardle Chair since 2023
- Abby Erin Symonds since 2024
- Alicia Carmel Smith since 2022
- Bernadette Ellen Furey-Thompson since 2026
- Janet Mary Madden Goodier since 2024
- Jennifer Eileen Mutch since 2025
- Kara Jane Orford since 2024
- Linda Wachaga since 2026
- Matthew James Mccallum since 2025
- Samira Jane Al-Obaidi since 2020
Trustees past 6 years
- Samira Jane Al-Obaidi since 2020
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (10)
- Kathy Mcardle Chair since 2023
- Abby Erin Symonds since 2024
- Alicia Carmel Smith since 2022
- Bernadette Ellen Furey-Thompson since 2026
- Janet Mary Madden Goodier since 2024
- Jennifer Eileen Mutch since 2025
- Kara Jane Orford since 2024
- Linda Wachaga since 2026
- Matthew James Mccallum since 2025
- Samira Jane Al-Obaidi since 2020
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.
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.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
5.1 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 2.9 in 2021
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1130988
- Status
- Registered
- Companies House
- Company number 06775402 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 01942 387083 · info@curiousminds.org.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th September 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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