The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

Eureka the National Children's Museum

Registered charity 292758 Registered since 1985

Operates: Calderdale, Wirral

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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.

10 trustees on the board

1.3y median 1y
average tenure
4y
longest tenure
0
trustees past 6 years
11.8y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (8)

Portfolio (2)

10
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 10Education/training 10Recreation 10

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 13Education 5Health 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.
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£5.1m latest income · spending exceeded income in 2023 and 2024
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.

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

165 from 131 in 2020
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.

Connected through a shared trustee

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.eureka.org.uk
Emailinfo@eureka.org.uk
Phone01422330069
AddressDISCOVERY ROAD, HALIFAX, HX1 2NE

Finances

£5,149,842 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2020£3,582,673£3,572,015
2021£8,804,515£2,565,308
2022£7,852,854£3,867,527
2023£5,352,688£6,497,735
2024£5,149,842£6,820,981

What it does

What

Education/trainingArts/culture/heritage/scienceRecreation

Who

Children/young PeoplePeople With DisabilitiesThe General Public/mankind

How

Provides Buildings/facilities/open SpaceProvides Services

Charitable objects

TO PROMOTE, MAINTAIN, IMPROVE AND ADVANCE PUBLIC EDUCATION PARTICULARLY BY THE PROMOTION, ESTABLISHMENT AND MAINTENANCE OF A MUSEUM OR MUSEUMS FOR THE EDUCATION OF CHILDREN (FOR FURTHER DETAILS SEE CLAUSE 3 OF MEMORANDUM OF ASSOCIATION).

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 19 SEPTEMBER 1985 AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME 28 APRIL 1992 AND SPECIAL RESOLUTIONS DATED 24 SEPTEMBER 1996 AND 4 FEBRUARY 2003 AND NAME CHANGE ON 2 JANUARY 2008

Trustees (10)

10trustees
49median age
0aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

Eureka! the National Children's Museum. · 01948578 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 19/09/1985

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (2)

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