Ignlte Futures Ltd
Charlty No. 1176754
Company No. 05969189
Trustees. Report and Unaudlted Accounts
31 March 2025

Ignlte Futures Ltd
Contents
Pages
Trustees. Annual Report
inoepenoeni txaminer 5 Nepori
Statement of Financial Activities
2to6
Balance Sheet
Statement of Cash flows
io
Notes to the Accounts
Ilto18
Detailed Statement of Financial Actlvitie5
19to20
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Ignfte Futures Ltd
Trustees Annual Report
The trustees, who are also directors of the charity for the purposes of the Companies Act 2006.
present their report with the unaudited financial statements of the charity for the year ended 31
March 2025.
REFERENCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE DETAILS
Company No. 05969189
Charlty No. 1176754
Prlnclpal Office
Unlt 5, Cobden Place.
Pelham Street
Nottingham
NGI 2NX
Reglstered Offlce
Unit 5, Cobden Place
Pelham Street
Nottingham
NGI 2ED
Dlrectors and Trustees
The Directors of the charitable company are its Trustees for the purposes of charity law.
The following Direttors and Trustees served during the year..
S.1. Anderson
A. Bellekom
J. 8urton
H. Dabrowa
D. Gelon
IResigned 21 July 20251
IResigned 3 December 20241
J. Hardy
K. Kinzett
K. Lindley
E.J. Sawula
(Resigned 3 December 20241
P.D. Scholes
S. Singhal
Company Secretary
S. Walley
Accountants
The Waldron Partnership Ltd
30 Circus Mews
Bath
BAI 2PW
Bankers
Cooperative Bank
Exchange Walk
Nottingham NGI 2NX
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OBJEcfivES ANO AcfiviTIES
Ignite Futures Ltd trading as Ignitel is a Nottingham based charity unleashing the unique creative spark in
young people. We act as a bridge between young people. their communities, and professional sectors,
bringing together fantastic Combinations of people to inspire, widen perspertives and break down barrier5.
niir rharitahlp nhiprtivpi tn aAiiBnrp PAI Pr￿tIn￿ fnr thp ntihljr htsnortt *h¢s nF 1p3rni￿n ?r
teaching, in particular but not exclusively through the teaching of creativity. Our primary audiences are
voung people and their families.
Over the Course of this year, we have re￿iVed grants and donations from a range of funders to deliver
curiosity-led informal learning projects in school and community settings. Funders have included Small Steps
Big Changes, Paul Hamlyn Foundation, BBC Children in Need, Pioneering Management Ltd, Nottingham Trent
University, B & Q Foundation, Gemini Fund. Royal Society of Chemistry, ChalleNGe, Chil(5 Friendly
Nottingham, Department for Education via Mottingham City Council, Catalent, Browne Jacobson Charitable
Trust and St Jame5 Place.
ACHIEVEMENTS AND PERFORMANCE
Highlights for the 2024125 year include the further expansion of the Creative Sparks programme of
curiosity-led after school clubs. Following the continued success of Creative Sparks at St Ann's Library and
Strelley Library, we expanded the programme to include Meadows Library. Additionally, during thi5 period
we developed a new session for asylum seeker families, based within their accommodation after School. This
programme continues to be a wonderful opportunity for regular engagement. building impact throughout
the course of the year.
Curious Tots, has continued to be our flagship creative engagement programme for pre-school aged children,
placing a Creative Practitioner within a pre-school setting based at a primary school. These weekly sessions
are designed to develop curiosity led learning to support the development of EYFS skills, often wtth a
particular focus on developing language and confidence. During this period. we have been delighted to
expand the programme, with support from Paul Hamlyn Foundation. to now include 5 pre school settings in
Nottingham. Our support from Small Steps Big Changes has also continued to support Curious Tots at the
original Bulwell based primary setting and also us to work with an additional year group of children within
the foundation age range.
During this year we have remained the lead delivery partner for Nottingham Festival of Science and Curiosity
and strengthened the Festival'5 content to include further communities across the City, and into the wider
COLEnty areas thanks to support from local businesses. universities and the county and district councils. We
were delighted to celebrate the Festival's 10th birthday alongside our partner5. Our Commijnity Grants
programmes worked to reach underrepresented audiences,. our relatlonships with special schools grew
through our Come Alive with Chemistry programme (supported by Royal Society for Chemistry) which
connected chemistry students with special schools to deliver practical chemistry in the classroom. The
festival reached I1.0￿ participants from across every Notts postcode.
Primary Parliament has remained a core Initlative throughout 2024125, and we have been delighted to
receive funding from ChalleNGe, Child Friendly Nottingham and Browne Jacobson to support this programme
and allow us to ensure continuation over the next couple of academic years. Primary Parliaments take place
once a term, engaging both mainstream primaries and SEND schools. providing children with the opportunity
to think as policy makers and local leaders.
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Our 2024 Holiday Activities Programme (funded through Nottingham City Council's Holiday Activities & Food
programmel specifically sought to open up Nottingham and its rich opportunities to refu8e@ families Siving
here. Over the course of the year we took families on eye-opening trips to Wollaton Hall, Nottingham Castle,
Stonebridge City Farm, Primary, St Ann's Community Orchard, Green's Windmill & Science Centre and even
the Nottingham Playhouse Panto. We worked closely with Nottingham & Nottinghamshire Refugee Forum as
Jr the Sisrrn trpxmt n73nJcpinB thp tiyn 4rrnmmoA3t*nD filt￿< tn pn<iirp rti Ir 3rtivitip< wprp rrpativp fi In
an(1 educational as well as responsive to the families, needs and requests. Linked to this we were delighted to
receive a grant from B&Q Foundation to support the creative redecoration of a communal space within one
of the accommodation sites.
Our annual Ada Lovelace Day delivered in partnership with Pioneering Management Ltd lat the Biocity and
Medicity sites) once again opened up the opportunity for children and young people to meet and interact
with scientists, develop their understanding of what it means to work in stience and see themselves as
scientlsts. By working with secondary pupils, primary pupils and. for the first time thi5 year, children
attending an alternative provision setting, this programme continued to be inclusive and ambitious for young
people in our region.
Our Making Connertions project Iwith the support of 8SA UKSFN funding) built on from a pilot collaboration
with Base 51's Outburst LGBT+ Youth Group and the In5titLrte for Mental Health at University of Nottingham.
This year our Making Connections project has focused on the creation of a graphic novella exploring mental
health topic with the 5UPPOrt of a graphic novelist and graphic design students.
In collaboration with Nottingham Trent University, our ambitions for children's creativity to help them to
explore and express important issues was enabled through the Fashion Fictions project this year. Children
from six Bulwell primary schools worked in collaboration with creative practitioners to bring to life their ideas
about how we could live differently with our clothes. Children explored sustainability through the lens of
fashion, using their imagination and sense of playFulness to undetstsnd and communicate changes they hope
to make in the world.
Over the course of this 24-25 period we are proud to have supported 8000 engagements Inot including the
Festival of Science and Curiosity's 11,0001 involving 567 individual participants and over 2CKJ sessions. Our
schools-focused work has reached 67 primary schools lalmost doubled from the previous period). 14
secondary schools and 9 special schools. Our work has been supported by 11 placement students and
interns, 4 freelancers, 22 creative practitioners and over hundred volunteers.
This period has seen a further expansion of the staff team with 4 new creative practitioners joining as part of
the delivery team for Curious Tots based within the primary school settings. There has additionally been an
increase in working days within the Programmes team and the recruitment of two freelance workshop
leaders to support delivery, increasing capacity in line with programme expansion.
FINANCIAL REVIEW
The Oirectors consider their responsibilities to report the financial health of the company and make the
following observations on the year under review.
The directors consider that these accounts show an improved financial position with increased net income
resulting in totsl reserves of £125,170 lof which £6.722 are unrestricted) at 31st March 2025.
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As with many small charities, income is generated mostly from grants and donations for programme activities
for public benefit. Ignite! is contracted to deliver Nottingham Festival of Science and Curiosity and some
modest earned income is achieved through fees charged for delivering activities or speaking at events not
principally designed or organised by Ignitel As a registered charity Ignite! occasionally receive5 small
donations from individual's and we are also registered to receive Gift Aid.
The charity continues to be successful in applying for grants from a wide range of funding bodies to deliver
activities in accordance with its aims and objectives of developing creative approaches to learning, in schools
and local communities and in respect of projects designed to raise public awareness an(1 understanding of
science.
y keeplng administration and overheads to a minimum, the charity devote5 a maximum percentage of any
grants received to programme delivery for public benefit.
The Trustees are responsible for keeping proper accounting records that disclose with reasonable accuracy at
any time the financial position of the charity and to enable them to ensure that the financial statements
comply with the Companies Act 2￿6. The Trustees are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the
charity and hence taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.
RESERVES POLICY
The Trustees aim to maintain free resetves in unrestricted funds at a level which equates to approximatelv
three fflonths of unrestricted charitable expenditure. The trustees consider that this level will provide
sufficient funds to cover any liabilities and ensure govemance and support costs are covered.
Unrestricted feserves at year end were below the policy level. For a charity funded mainly through restricted
grants, this is not unusual. The trustees monitor the position throughout the year, and the reserve5 policy will
be reviewed during 2025-26 to confirm it remains appropriate for the organisation's funding model and
operating needs.
PLANS FOR FUTURE PERIODS
During this period, the trustee5 of Ignitel and Nottingham Festival of Sciertce and Curiosity worked through a
detailed process to explore merging the two charities together in line with our mutual and overlapping
charitable objective5. Trustee5 explored how merging would capitalise on our shafed expertise, create more
streamlined and cost-effective working processes and most importantly enable the annual Nottingham
Festival of Science and Curiosity to continue to thrive for its beneficiaries. Both sets of trustees were
unanimously in agreement to proceed, and agreed to begin the steps towards Festival of Science and
Curiosity merging into Ignitel and for the festival to forrn a key part of the Ignitel suite of programmes.
Towards the end of this period, two trustees from Nottingham Festival of Science and Curiosity joined the
Ignitel Board and the final steps of transferring assets will be completed in the coming period and
Nottingham Festival of Science and Curiosity will then close as a separate charity.
In the next period, we will continue to focus on our core programmes and embed our ongoing learning into
their future development. as well as being open to new opportunities for collaboration or to trial pilot
programmes that support young people's creativity and curiosity.
We will be seeking new funding opportunities to support the continuation of the Creative Sparks programme
once current funding sources conclude. We are also exploring ways we can extend our reach with this
programme to the Clifton area of the City.
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Trustees Annual Reptsrt
We plan to have a particular focus on inclusive learnlng and engagement, especially with our schools
programmes. We aim to undertake further work to deepen the engagement of the Primary Parliament
programme and 5UPPOrt SEND engagement. Our three year funding from Paul Hamlyn Foundation will
provide an excellent opportunity to enhance our work with early years and evaluate impact over time.
We will continue trj work with a broad range of partners including schools, counci15, community
organisations, universities, local businesses and cultural organisations.
STRucfuR£, GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT
Directors of Ignite Futures Ltd, a company limited by guarantee, also act as Trustees for the charity. Direttors
are recruited by an open appointment Pr￿$s, and following an interview with the Chair and an additional
TrLSStee. invlted to obseNe a Board meeting before deciding whether to confirm their inte￿5t.
All Direttors/Trustees act with care, diligence and ski115 as required by the company and charity legislation.
Five meetings of the Directors are held each year including an Annual General Meeting, at which a third of
the Oirectors are required to retire by rote, and may be reappointed.
Notices and a8endas of meeting5 are sent by the Company Secretary in advance, and Dirertors consider
financial reports at each meeting. The Directors are also responsible for ensurin8 that the company has
suitable and appropriate strategies and policies to ensure best practice working. These include Child
Protection and Safeguarding policies. The Dirertors review the suite of company policies, either annually or
up to a three yearly cycle depending on the requirements of a particular policy. They also conduct skills
audsts of their collective capabilities, areas of expert15e and interests. Company policies are interpreted by
staff with the support of appropri3te induction and training.
Directors instruct the staff of the company to adhere to best practice in HR and programme management
including the recruitment and responsible management of volunteers. All staff and volunteers working with
young people and vulnerable adults are required to have an £nhanted DBS check. Additionally, all trustees
are required to complete an Enhanced OBS check. OBS check5 are renewed every three years.
The company has a risk register in place which is reviewed regularly at board meetings, and all activities are
risk assessed for ha2ards to stsff. volunteers and participants.
The Directors ensure that appropriate levels of publlc liability. employer liability and professional indemnlty
insurance are in pla￿.
The Trustees are responsible for keeping proper accounting records that disclose with reasonable accuracy at
any time the financial position of the charity and to enable them to ensure that the financial statements
comply with the Companies Act 2tX16. The Trustees are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the
charlty and hence taklng reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.
The above report has been prepared in accordance with the provisions applicable to companies subject to
the small tompanies regime as set out In Part 15 of the Companies Art 2(M)6 and in accordance with the
Charities SORP (FR5 1021.
Signed on behalf f the board
S.1. Anderson
Trustee
01 December 2025
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Ignite Futures Ltd
Independent Examiners Report
Independent Examiner's Report to the trustees of Ignite Futures Ltd
I report to the charity trustees on my examination of the financial statements of Ignite Futures Ltd for the
year ended 31 March 2025.
Responslbllltles and basls of report
As the charity's trustees ot the company land also its directors for the purposes of company lawl you are
responsible for the preparation of the financial statements in accordante with the requirements of the
Companies Art 20061'the 2006 Act.
Having satisfied myself that the financial statements of the Charity are not required to be aLrdited under Part
16 of the 2006 Act and are eligible for independent examination, I report in respect of my examination of
your charity's financial statements as carried out under section 145 of the Charitie5 Act 20111'the 2011 Act'l.
In carrying out my examination I have followed the Directions given by the Charity Commission under sertion
145151 Ibl of the 2011 Act.
IndependeTrt examiner's ststement
I have completed my examlnatlon. I can confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in
connection wtih the examination giving me cause to believe..
accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 386 of the 2CQ6 Act - or
the financial statements do not accord with those record5,' or
the financi31 statements do not comply with the accounting requirements under section 396 of the 2(X)6
Act other than any requirement that the financial statements give a 'true and fair, view which is not a
matter considered as part of an independent examination; or
• the financial ststernents have not been prepared in accordance with the methods and principles of the
Statement of Recommended Practice for accounting and reporting by charities applicable to charities
preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and
Republic of Ireland IFRS 1021.
I have no concern5 and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which
attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understandin8 of the financial
statements to be reached.
Marco Andrew Martin FCCA
The Waldron Partnership Ltd
30 Circus Mews
Bath
BAI 2PW
01 December 2025
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Statement of Financlal Artlvltles
for the year ended 31 March 2025
Unrestricted
funds
2025
Restrirted
funds Total fvnds Total lunds
2025
2025
2024
Notes
In¢ome and endowments
from:
Charitable activities
Other trading activities
Investments
51,457
153.709
205,166
205,686
1,090
71
743
743
Other
Total
52.704
153,709
206,413
206,847
Expenditure on:
Raising funds
Charitable activf(ies
Other
10,993
5,892
39.649
6,457
30,632
99.268
17,450
36.524
138,917
19,193
24,003
111,442
io
Total
56,535
136.356
192,891
154,638
Net gains on investments
Net income
13,8301
17.352
13,522
52,209
Transfers between funds
Net Inwme before other
8alns/llossesl
13,8301
17,352
13,522
52,209
Other galns and10gses
Net rnovemerrt in funds
13,8301
17,352
13,522
52,209
Reconciliation of funds:
Total funds brought forward
10,552
101,096
111.648
59,439
Totsl fuTrds carried forward
6,722
118,448
125,170
111,648
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Balance Sheet
t 31 March 2025
COm￿nY No. 05969189
Notes
2025
2024
Current assets
Debtors
Cash at bank and in hand
12
23
39,035
82,LK)9
121.044
19,3961
111,648
130,571
130,594
15,4241
125,170
Credltors: Amount falling due within one year
Net current assets
13
Total assets less current liablllties
125,170
111,648
Net assets excluding pension asset or liability
125,170
111,648
Totsl net assets
125,170
111,648
The funds of the charfty
Restsicted fund5
Restricted income funds
14
118.448
118.448
101,096
101,096
Unrestrlrted funds
General funds
Designated funds
14
11,2741
7,996
10,552
6,722
10,552
14
Totsl fvnds
125,170
111,648
These accounts have been prepared in accordance with the special provisions of Part 15 of the Companie5
Act 2￿6 relating to small companies.
For the year ended 31 March 2025 the company was entitled to exemption under section 477 of the
Companies Art 2006 relating to small companies.
The members have not reqLtired the company to obtain an audit in accordance with sertion 476 of the
Companies Art 2006.
The directors acknowledge their responsibilities for complying with the requirements of the Companie5 Art
21X)6 wlth respect to accounting records and the preparation of accounts.
Approved by the board on 01 December 2025
And signed on it5 behalf by..
S.1. Anderson
Trustee
01 December 2025
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Statement ol Cash flows
for the year ended 31 March 2025
2025
2024
C35h flows from oDeratlne actlvltles
Net income per Statement of Financial Activities
13,522
52,209
Adjustments for:
Dividends. interest and rents from investments
Other gains/losses
Decreaselllncrease} in trade and other receivables
IDecreaselllncrease in trade and other payables
18071
1711
39,012
13,9721
134,8741
551
Net cash provided by operatln8 artlvltles
47.755
17,815
Cash flows from investing activitles
Dividends, interest and rents from investments
807
71
Net cash from investing arttvities
807
71
Net cash from financing a¢tivitie5
Net increase in cash and tash equlvalents
48.562
17,886
Cash and cash equlvalents at the beglnnlng of the year
82,009
61,680
Cash and cash equivalents at the end of the year
130,571
79,566
Components of cash and cash equivalents
Cash and bank balances
130,571
82,009
130,571
82,009
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Notes to the Accounts
for the year ended 31 March 2025
l Accountin8 poll¢le$
Basis of preparation
The financial statements have been prepared In actordance with Accountlng and Reportlng by Charlties..
t•tpmptst r¥f PprThmmpnApd Prartirp ayplirahlp tn rhafit+pfi nrpp?fing thpiT 2rrniir)tq in arrnTdanrp with
the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland IFRS 1021 (effective I
January 20151 (Charities SORP IFRS 10211, the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and
Republic of Ireland IFRS 1021 and the Companies Act 2006.
Change in basis of accounting or to previous accounts
There has been no change to the accounting policies Ivaluation rules and method of accountingl since
last year and no changes have been made to accounts for previous years.
Fund accounting
Un￿striCted funds These are available for use at the discretion of the trustees in furtherance of the
general objects of the charity-
These are unrestricted funds earmarked by the trustees for particular purposes.
These are unrestricted funds which include a revaluation reSe￿e representing the
restatement of investment assets at their market values.
These are available for use subject to ￿$trIctl0n$ imposed by the donor or through
terms of an appeal.
Designated funds
Revaluation funds
Restrirted funds
Income
Recognition of
income
Income is included in the Statement of Financial ActNlties ISOFAI when the charity
becomes entitled to, and virtually certain to receive, the income and the amount
of the income can be measured with sufficient reliability.
Income with related Where income has related expenditure the Income and related expenditure is
expenditure
reported gross in the SOFA.
Donations and
legacies
Voluntsry income received by way of grants, donations and gifts is included in the
the SOFA when receivable and only when the Charity has unconditional
entitlement to the income.
Tax reclaims on
Income from tax reclaims is included in the SOFA at the same time as the
donations and gifts giftldonation to which it relates.
Donated services
These are only included in income Iwlth an equivalent amount in expenditure}
and facilities
where the benefit to the Charity is reasonably quantifiable, measurable and
material.
Volunteer help
The value of any volunteer help received is not included in the accounts.
Investment income This is included in the accounts when receivable.
Gainslllossesl on
This includes any gain or loss resulting from revaluing investments to market value
revaluation of fixed at the end of the year.
assets
Gainslllosse51 on
investment assets
This includes any gain or loss on the sale of investments.
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Notes to the Accounts
Expenditure
Recognition of
expenditure
Expenditure is recognised on an accruals basis. Expenditure includes any VAT
which cannot be fully recovered, and is reported a5 part of the expenditure to
which it relates.
These comprise the costs associated with attratting voluntary income, fundraising
Expenditure on
*r3rlin
Expenditure on
These comprise the costs incL¢rretl by the Charity in the delivery of its artivities and
charitable activities services in the furtherance of its objects, including the making of grants and
governance costs.
All grant expenditure is accounted for on an attual paid basis plus an accrual for
grants that have been approved by the trustees at the end of the year bLbt not yet
paid.
These include those costs associated with meeting the constitutional and statutory
requirements of the Charity, including any auditlindependent examination fees,
costs linked to the strategic management of the Charity, together with a share of
other administration costs.
These are support costs not allocated to a particular activity-
Grants payable
Governance costs
Other expenditure
Taxatlon
The charity is exempt from torporation tax on its charitable activities.
Trade and other debtors
Trade and other debtors are recognised at the settlement amount due after any trade discount offered.
Prepayments are valued at the amount prepaid net of any trade discounts due.
Cash and cash equfvalents
Cash and cash equivalents comprise cash at bank and on hand, demand deposits with banks and other
short-term highly liquid investments Wlth original maturities of three months or less and bank
overdrafts. In the statement of financial position. bank overdrafts are shown within borrowings or
current liabilities. In the Statement of Cash Flows. cash and cash equivalents are shown net of bank
overdrafts that are repayable on demand and form an integral part of the company's cash management.
Trade and other creditors
Short term creditors are measured at the transaction price. Other creditors and provisions are
recognised where the charity has a present obligation resulting from a past event that will probably
result in the transfer of funds to a third party and the amount due to settle the obligation can be
measured or estimated reliably. Creditors arbd provisions are normally recognised at their settlement
amount after allowing for any trade discounts due.
Penslon costs
The charity operates a defined contribution plan for its employees. A defined contribution plan is a
pension plan under which the company pays fixed contributions into a separate entwty. Once the
contributions have been paid the tompany has no further payments obligations. The contributions are
recognised as expenses when they fall due. Amounts not paid are shown in accruals in the balance
sheet. The assets of the plan are held separately from the company in independently administered
funds.
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Nrte5 to the A¢¢ounts
Receipt of donated goods, facilities and services
All donated goods, facilities and services received are recognised within incoming resources and
expenditure at an estimate of the value to the charity.
2 Company status
The company is a private company limited by guarantee and consequently does not have share capital.
3 Statsment of Financial Activities- prior year
Unrestrirted
funds
Restrirted
funds Total funds
2024
2024
2024
Income and endowments from:
Charitable activities
Other trading activities
Investments
93,773
1,090
71
111,913
205,686
1,090
71
Total
94,934
111,913
206,847
Expendlture on:
Raising funds
Charitable activities
12,288
15,904
6,905
8,099
19,193
24,003
111,442
Other
63,890
47,552
Totsl
92,082
62,556
154,638
Net Income
2,852
49,357
52,209
Net income before other
8alnslllossesl
Other galns and losses:
Net movement in lunds
2,852
49,357
52,209
2,852
49,357
52,209
Retonciliatlon of funds".
Total funds brought forward
Totsl funds carried fO￿ard
7,699
51,740
59,439
10,551
101.097
111,648
4 Income from charitsble actlvltles
Unrestrlcted
Restrlrted
Total
2025
Total
2024
Curiosity-led education and
community projects
Festival of Science and
Curiosity
10,534
153,709
164,243
114,894
40,923
40,923
90.792
51,457
153,709
205,166
205.686
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Notes to the Accounts
5 Income from other tradlng activities
Unrestricted
Total
Total
2025
2024
Workshops/Busking Activities
440
1,090
1,090
440
440
6 Income from investments
Unrestrlcted
Totsl
Total
2025
2024
Bank interest
743
743
71
743
743
71
7 Other income
Unrestricted
Totsl
Total
2025
2024
Other income
64
8 Expendlture on rnising funds
Unrestrirted
Restrlcted
Totsl
Total
2025
2024
Costs of generating voluntary
income
Consultancy costs
Advertising
10,993
5,810
647
16,803
647
19,045
148
10,993
6,457
17,450
19,193
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Notes to the A¢¢ounts
9 Expenditure on charitable activities
Unrestrlrted
Restrlrted
Total
2025
Total
2024
Expenditure on charitoble
activities
Curiosity-led education and
community projects
Festival of Science and
170
11,103
11,273
15,188
23,088
7.680
Curiosity
Governonce costs
5,616
17,472
Independent examination
Venue hire
Travel and subsistence
870
870
1,080
55
795
795
107
391
498
expenses
5.892
30.632
36,524
24,003
10 Other expendlture
Unrestricted
Restricted
Totsl
Total
2025
2024
Employee costs
Motor and travel costs
37,810
824
90.489
128.299
99.105
1,187
4,815
2,536
240
2,011
5.130
3,123
354
3,530
4,753
4,054
Premises costs
315
General administrative costs
587
Payroll costs
114
39,649
99,268
138,917
111,442
li stsff costs
2025
126,483
126,483
2024
Salaries and wages
98,318
98,318
No employee received emoluments in exce55 of £60,000.
The average monthly number of full time equivalent employees durlng the year was as follows-
2025
Number
2024
Number
Project Management
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Notes to the Accounts
12 Debtors
2025
2024
Trade debtors
Other debtors
13,149
23
23
Prpp3ympnt< and acrri*pd inrnmp
?4 f¢fi?
23
39,035
13 Creditors:
amounts falling due within one year
2025
2024
Other taxes and social security
Other creditors
Accruals
2,496
514
2,025
2,414
5,424
6,971
9,396
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14 Movement In funds
Incomln8
resources
At31
March
2025
Resource5
expended
Ilncludlng
At l April
other
2024 galnsllosses,
Restrirted fund5:
Restricted In¢ome fvnds:
BBC Children in Need
Curiosity led education and
cornmunity projects- general
Creative Spark5
Curious Tots
Fashiorb Fictions
Hidden Figures
Holiday Artivities and Food
Primary Parliament
9,119
29,206
128,7651
9,560
19.581
23,223
13,091
5,753
12,759
7,855
9,715
12,947
12,501
54,119
6.800
111,8671
115.6731
122,4721
112,5531
112,7591
128,5941
13,6751
20,661
20,051
44,738
26,136
12,000
5,397
18,040
Totol
101,096
153,709
1136,3561
118,448
Unrestrlrted funds:
General funds
10.S52
112,2961
470
11,2741
Deslgnated funds:
Nottingham Festival of
Science and Curiosity
65,000
157,0041
157,0041
7.996
Total
65,000
7,996
Total funds
111,648
206,413
1192,8911
125,170
Purposes and restrictlons in relation to the funds-
Restricted funds-
BBC Children in Need
A grant from BBC Children in Need to contribLrte to our core costs to
support our onEoiing work over a 3 year period
Curiosity led education and Collaborative projects that explore creativity and curiosity with a broad
community projects- general range of participants and partners.
Creative Sparks
Curosity-led after school actlvities for children in libraries supported by
both Renewal Trust and the National Lottery
Curosity-led after school artivities for Children in libraries supported by
both Renewal Trust and the National Lottery
A project creating alternative sustainable fashion worlds with six Bulwell
primary schools supported by Nottingham Trent University
A programme connecting artists, scientists and women's groups to
explore science together.
Holiday Activities and Food A programme to SUPPOrt children and familie5 from refugee tommunities
throLb8h creative engagement
Curious Tots
Fashlon Fictions
Hidden Figures
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Notes to the Attounts
Primary Parliament
A programme championing children's voices through the exploration of
local and global issues and finding creative solutions.
Designated funds-
Nottingham Festival of
Science and Curi05ity
An annual celebration of science and curiosity for Nottingham and
Nottinghamshire Communities
IS Analysis of net assets between fund5
Unrestrirted
funds
Restricted
funds
Total
Net current assets
6.722
6,722
118,448
118,448
125.170
125,170
16 Retonclllation of net debt
At31
March
2025
At l Aprll
2024
Cash flows
Cash and cash equivalents
82,009
82,009
48,562
48,562
130.571
130,571
Net debt
82,009
48.562
130,571
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