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Registered charity · Cardiff

Techniquest

To promote the advancement of education and learning of science, technology, engineering, arts and mathematics (STEAM) and in particular (without limiting the generality of the foregoing) to do so by maintaining and carrying on an exhibition to...

  • 10 trustees
  • Income £3.0m (2025)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources

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Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.

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About

What it does
Education/training
Where
Throughout Wales
Website
www.techniquest.org (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
Techniquest
Registered
1986

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£3.0m£2.8m
  • 2024£2.5m£2.7m
  • 2023£2.2m£2.3m
Earlier years
  • 2022£1.8m£2.1m
  • 2021£1.4m£1.7m

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 13%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

To promote the advancement of education and learning of science, technology, engineering, arts and mathematics (STEAM) and in particular (without limiting the generality of the foregoing) to do so by maintaining and carrying on an exhibition to explore various scientific and artistic concepts and to encourage an awareness amongst the general public of STEAM in society whilst helping to increase the accessibility of STEAM. The protection and preservation of the environment for the benefit of the public by: (a) The provision and maintenance or improvement of a recreational and educational space; or (b) The provision of some other amenity.

Grants received

15 grants · £323,641 total

360Giving 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

  • Garfield Weston Foundation · £158,000 (2 grants)
  • Department for Science, Innovation and Technology · £84,354 (3 grants)
  • The National Lottery Community Fund · £71,899 (8 grants)
  • Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy · £9,388 (2 grants)

Most recent

  • The National Lottery Community Fund £12,2002025-04-08
  • Garfield Weston Foundation £90,0002024-07-09
  • Department for Science, Innovation and Technology £52,0602024-02-23
  • Department for Science, Innovation and Technology £24,8062023-06-28
  • Department for Science, Innovation and Technology £7,4882022-07-06
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

3.7y median 4y
average tenure
6y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

8.4y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (9)

Portfolio (1)

9
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 10Arts/culture/heritage/science 1Environment/conservation/heritage 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.

Education 10Arts and leisure 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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Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours

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£3.0m 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.

4.8 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 7.2 in 2021

47 from 37 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.

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
517722
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 7 NOVEMBER 1985 AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF CHANGE OF NAME 23 JULY 1986, SPECIAL RESOLUTION 10 NOVEMBER 1993, BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION 25 SEPTEMBER 2007 AND BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION OF 16 MAY 2008 as amended on 28 Jun 2020
Companies House
Company number 01955696 · Active
Contact on the register
02920475475 · info@techniquest.org
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels
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