Chwlty Y•91*tr￿On numb•r 11V2135
Company r•gl•tratlon nunkn 11842873 (Engl•nd and WJl••)
NOTTINGHAM FESTIVAL OF SCIENCE AND CURiosrrY UMITED
ANNUAL REPORT AND UNAUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024

NOThINGHAM FESTIVAL OF SCIENCE AND CURIOSITY LIMITED
LEGALAND ADMINISTrATIVE INFORMATION
Profs Ande180n
Dr M Young
J Dexter
Dr P SclKles
ProfZA ftye
Ms S Waley
Chxtty numb•r
1192135
Company numb•r
11842873
Unit 5 ColMl•n Chanrtjgrg
P¢tham Slrgot
Nottin￿arn
NG12ED
Ind•p•nd•nt •xafflln•r
Rc*Jers Sparrfxr
Pelham Rd
Noitlnghom
NG5 1AP

NornNGHAM FESTIVAL OF SCIENCE AND CURIOSITY LIMITED
CONTENTS
Ind8p8ThJont tiyamin8rfs r8F¥J1
Statement of ffinan￿￿1 adi¥ib
Balance sheet
Not89 to the fin￿rA81 Slatanents
7-13

NOTllNGHAM FESTIVAL OF SCIENCE AND CURIOSITY UMITED
TrU8TEES' REPORT (INCLUDING DIRECTORS. REPORT)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024
Th8 Inthe8 rKewtlhelrannuo1 rowt •)d finandol statorn8nts fry th• 31 M•rth 2024.
Th8 fin*Kaal 818taménts Iwe be8n propargd in &D)rdan￿ wrth the A&￿UntIng pdkies set OLrt in noh 1 to Ihg
finanaal sta￿M￿ts And compty wlth the ¢haiity$ g0vem1￿ doc￿nanL tha Companiès arKI 'Accounting
and ReportiThJ by chWi￿.. Statement of Re￿Mended P￿tice applicat4e to ¢harili8s pwr4ng their •xwnts In
aC￿rda1￿ t*Ath the Fin8n(?o1 ReF•Jrting StsrMJard applkable In the UK and Rewblk of Ireland IFRS 102Y
I8￿ti¥V l January 2019).
t￿r￿9 thig period, the Tntsiogs rer*)rt on Its Gfjntrel a(thtty, the Ntittingham Festival of Swice and curt￿11Y
took pla￿ In FebrU￿Y 2024.
The owives lo athwce aduc41knn. tndudlng puLlfjc undethnding of sc￿nCe. tsCh￿.
ovrgin88ring and maths. by offeriro acco￿1￿&, crnotNo qnd r*vant aL*lvltig8 to th9 broadast pO￿lt￿O raryJB
p8oplo. in pwtie￿ar bul nDt oxdus5vely by..
. wowding or4)ortuniti8s that 8nthe pw4è of Trk)ttirvJh￿ and Not11n￿￿￿￿T8 to have a boltsr
undarntsndlrw of how 3c4ence. tachrK)h¥y. aryins•rtry. maths and relatad d18dplnes ¥• part of and
impaci thelr everyday live&
. wovldlry aclNibes that stiffwlate and nurture c(wk¢lty, Creativlty 8NI Innovèt*)n" tscilitallng th•bwe
boiween $denli8ts. resogrcherslexpert¥, *Juc8tors •rtd civ51 sodety..
. providing hands on. trthcliv8 and parlklpalory 8vwts arwj aL*vlUes wrfth IXDWJ wKJ lasiiThJ Inpact
whSch wll éncouraga inrnsed publK grvJageM￿I and und6thn(Ing of SL￿t4 acri*s th8 full ixeadih of
Jr drveTrg 8tyJety.
The TNstees conUnu8 to take the view that it is tffthl apwopri*e rv)t to ￿p10Y a Staff team to deliver tha
objects through the prod￿ti￿ of an ￿n￿al festival, but instoad to enter Inlo a contract Ignlte Fulwes Ltd, the
NotUnghorfvb8sed educ81b￿ charfty and foundiry partrwts of the feslival. to prod￿ th0 2024 F¢stiYal. Since Ihe
￿t￿)rporatIOn, Ignke Futures Ltd Ik9ve detfverwj the 2020 . 2024 Festivals aNJ ￿ TnJ8t8e8 Intend to
{￿lnue thi8 forose8abl6 futuro.
The trustees have paKI due regard h) guidance l￿d ty thg Chgtrty C(¥nmisSton th dgddNvJ vthol aclMll88 the
charity shoukl undertak8.
The Nottlngham Feslval of and Curfosity took t*e in Fetrtuary 2024 arKI vras orKe ￿1ft a highty
Ow th8 c￿T88 of the F•stiv81, 15.700 p8opl• engaged ￿)88 94 events. Events wfjro h8ld In ranglng
IiYAt*Jns In&Jding librarf88, communlty centros, colleggs. ¢alh•thals, mLrseurr6 arKI chlldren's centr85. Tho reach
across tho cO￿ty u)rrtinu8d to grow, partlculaty in¥olvkng smal•r t¢yhms in nsw areas. Cknr&l. thè ev￿ w*¥
pported by 286 vojunleets aNI 17 partmrn.
Addbtlon81y. the prcwanTh of eryxenwl for 8thLYls exlanded fvrlher to invofve 60 8th00ls. In tho
R￿1 Sdence In sd￿￿8 SJThpo%"uffl hekl at NOtt¥￿haM Counal Hou86. A t8rget for this F8sbval was to be ablg to
undertak? futher engagernent wllh 8pa(ial 8dKc4s, and thè 8UPPOrt of a ￿an1 from Roy¥l Sodety of C￿￿thY
thLs WèB achi•wJ, Ything Mth f￿Jr sp8ual 8chool$ and theM￿ty und8rgr8duat6s from Notljnghwn Trent
UnNernity. ros￿ in hw po*tNe 8nd Impacthl coTrètrAxakn for 811 invdved. arMI we planni￿ to
furthar oxtano this in 2025.
The Festival mag&zlno ¢onknued lo be a kry ￿bjrn of th8 2024 Feslbval and w 0>Cre8￿ throryh
collatnrations vjlth Iwal sludents arTd The magozine includas th8 Fgsuval programma as well 08 rn8ny
fun. acc888ibie actfvioes and art￿8 for thiklren and youThJ pwt40. 10.000 rAV8S distr1t￿le￿.

NorriNGHAM FESTIVAL OF SCIENCE AND CURIOSITY LIMITED
TRUSTEES. REPORT (INCLUDING DIRECTORS. REPORT) (coKfiNUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024
ThB Fe8tival'8 alm. the of our $trakn and *nnlnth ry)nlknuès to ￿ to •ThJaga aThJ dfverne
audlencgs. lI￿efOre tru&1￿ are dellghted lo repcfft I1￿1 61A% of altsndee8 Vfjitad the Fostlval for the ftrnt
me. There was aL80 the first SEND frlenthy 8esst(Y¢ * Nc4llntham Cathgjral. AddEUonalty, for the flrst
m8 the Festival offored sm811 Convnunty Grants lo communtty groups In or(ler lo $uppwt them to deS￿n
and delNer thelr own Community events. Th8 groups w•re S8￿Ctod Ihrough ￿ applipAtiJn arnl asses8rnenl
p￿te$S. 3 gmups rxeived awards and delrv8Ted th8r events. Oasés Commjnty Cantre. Thè Lenton Centr*
and FLK)tprinl8 ￿. Fdlowing this SLnxssful Fllot tryc18 in 2024, tho Van V•iM be to offer ￿MMUnty gr
again IDr 2025, Inct¥rpor8ting thg reaming from the pilot wth a forus (m reathlng OLrt further to n8w
(*mrnunlty grou￿ rnt Prev￿ engag8d
FIMn¢i•l r•vl•w
The Tnth O￿lder thdr res￿IL￿bH6lie3 to report tho finan¢* hBalth of umnpany. arKI make thg
follow*KJ obs•rvatsons on the y88r urKl8r rov￿W.
The TnJste6s consKler that these acwjnts shuw a 8tsady flnandal wsthon. Effort on tho ￿ of thg Tn*88
anif th8 staff team of Ignite FLAure8 conlinuo5 to r¥wlt In 8 brtwd baBe for in(x)Th to the Ch￿1￿ invofvir
univeNts¢s. b￿1 aLrthots, vduntsry. pu￿￿ arby wivate sectoN Chjrlng th15 peri￿ tho dmrity has
addlh0n￿ty r￿fved tha Sm￿1 wanls for dis11￿ proi8th' Biilish Sthnce AssOda1￿ for th& UK
Resoarth aThl InnOVat￿nI UK Sclenee F•slivalB ￿twork IUKSFN) 'Making Conn￿tilY*S, 2023 Fwjectr,
Wellcome Centre for Human G8netlc81UKSFN - Inklng rese4rtthe￿ wlh new audTences,' Royal Stsioty
ChemBty Outreath grant for 'Com8 Alive wtlh Chemjsty - linkirvJ c*emisty uThJeryaduate8 wlth SEND
8th001s.
The Trust￿ note V)•t them * lith IrKJ)me from donauons to ￿ tharfty, nor from 8alè$ ly e*n¢d
and Ihe futute prospgcts for oamed inc(Tr C4)ntinue to remain SM￿1. An area for tothtial fijlute
d8vehwent1s 8 ￿ater fe•￿S on gr8nt Income and applEcaUor* to t￿1•8. Th• chavlty Is reglsterwj
for glft &d. ¥KI is oxomFI from r))Yrmtkn tax.
Trustees d8Veb￿l and adoptsd a re8erv8B Ni eady 2023. The pc4ty ha& been d8¥doped to
robustT*88 and re8lWen¢e In FOSAC'S Ilnanclal man8gem8n( In*xmirKJ kknnlTr3 no¢d8 arKI ri8k
managamènt by the knjstees.
a rtsity FOSAC has mlnlmal I1￿1 ￿sts and overt￿. Each ygar >95% of exp￿￿￿￿re Is on th8
annual sc￿n￿ festival thrnugh a combinatlon of paymont for Ignitel Servi￿ for iyoduclon and dlTect
Osts assoaal&J the 6venL Th18 allm for a c6rt#in amount of inhereni fleX￿￿ty 8nd mkngation rtyarding
overall financial •yposurn arKI rlsk tr the charity. Th& agremnt with19nitel WOVMJe8 thB abilty to a￿.Ust fesbval
Juthn Gosts and acepe In the unfween 8vwI thot fwdkng acll¥llles prove probknTrlk In ralslrq deslred
¥umy.
rKTrfe8bv8t fJ)sts. plu8 3 monts. of Ignitel wvic88 c08ts 880￿48ted wlh th8 next annual festival. These
threswds will 8ngure the conlinuad fin￿ra1 viabilty of FOSAC by gi￿n￿ 8(laquate time to adju$l aywndituro
pl&ns ba*J on 8clual and proloct*J inwr*. wlll also ald Flanning for what fLKNlro is roeded and by
i ordèr to man8ge a tK)sldve cash m￿nI01n fThndat reSw￿ threshdds.
Twst88s not• ts ¢mnt levol of re¥eNes of £3,335. Indudkng r￿ty £75 of frBe reser¥v. are baltrw our to
level orKI we stilviry to Increase Qur t88eNes durlng the nsxt ￿1C￿l.
As p8rt ofthls proce88 Twst¢e8 have ¢onsldernd r18k$ k) FOSAC fuThJry and dav•10￿d mitsgakn Btrategre&
The TIL￿ revknv thi$ pOI￿Y annu8lly. typi¢8lly as part of Ihe Q4 Bogrd meetirwJ stratggy obJeclive8
8nd budgsts for th$ next financAal year arg d¢8CLBsed. The proFMx&J financial reseN86 ftr the nexi psriod
thon bo wJo8d. The f￿￿ce suWwp wrfl monllor furKls and casmow on an ongoing ba8B and bring Ony
crmcems to Ihg attonlbn of lh$ 80gnl rflas nggd8d. Finandal ro8thvg8 VAII ￿ mtin8ty ￿¥*W￿A at eath
Board m6étitYd aThl any to sum offiJnd$ held in rnseTho vjill be doGlded by the 8tsrd.
By keeiiry adminr8trBtion 8ThJ overheads to a mlnimum. ts ¢th81ity de¥ot¢8 a ptrcentage of any
support waved to programm8 deliveryfor public i*nefrL
Tho trustees havè as$6ssed the major risks to whT¢h Is exFrfJsed, aThd ar• Sal￿ ttwt systeffA are in
plw to nNbgato pxposura to the mapx risks.

NOrnNGHAM FESTIVAL OF SCIENCE AND CURIOSITY LIMrrED
TRUSTEES. REPORT (INCLUDING DIRECTORS. REPORT) (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR EAIDED 31 AIARCH 2024
Phn• forfirtur• p•rknd•
The Tntstéos alm to fthlNMJe to davdop r0￿ and range of aclv4rf195 In trte Festival of S(i$nc6 and Cuihxty
and to ttjntinue to Kirk wlth a broa(1 range of pather5 inckthg Sch￿￿, cornmunity groups. univerniues. 8chools
and cultural organls8ti¢)n$. Tha ¥bDrk will conlinue lo prlorilise engagmnt wlth Un(￿r$￿d communltles a¢Toss
Nottsryham and NOttingh￿h1rP. and foM on fvrther developing our communicalions and mettrths in reaching
our taryel audl¢n¢68. 8y t￿1[￿￿ryY rev6eMryng arKI anatyslng pa￿CIp9kn 8nd g￿raph*•I dats and fe&Jbat
tho ar68s offiw for f68lval arg rovknyi re8pondaLI lo arml p&ml
Directh of The Notbngham Festival d SLierKe ar￿ Curinty Ltd, a o)mpany linitad by Guarantee. al80 aca
TIltst￿ for the d￿rity. Thlstsas aro rwxultad by w open appoinkn8rrt WCW8, and ottsSKJnaNy by
knrlisemonl, and knvitod to obsarve a l)08￿ meeting before do(xdiNJ wlthr to 14)nllnx thalr Inter•st.
AU DlYethslTru8t885 acl vrith ￿[0, d11g9r￿ and 8k411 as required by tho C&)nv￿Y and charlty legi￿all0n. FNe
mgollngs of the Dlractor8 arè hokl oac* yoar induding an I￿nUal Genaral Meetiry. at a Ihird of Ihg Dye
arg Toquired to retira by ro¢e. antt may b& re4polntsd.
Tho Nottingham F6stival of sC*￿e Cuiw Board of Trustees Iws tJeat&J suWToups whith fo(xB on
pfirllcular areas of V*Thk devebpm•nL The su￿rOupS (Jjrrenty focAJs on fvndraisiny evaluatw. vl8ibilty and
profile and equlty. dNernty and Inc￿￿￿n. Su￿rOL￿s ¥re fom78d Lrf TrwtO88 vAlh rdalad intwe8t or ex￿lti80.
Ignitel Staff t•am and mamber8 of ths bo8r(l that acl in an thigtiry capaty.
NotiGw 8nd ag￿KI&S of mo&tKws are Sent by the Company S8rx8tsry in a¢fvanc8, and ffnèrK¥al
at gach m8eOrp. The TN8te&$ 4r• also re$F*JnSlb￿ for onsuring tst th& ¢ximpany has suilablg and
appropriat8 Strateg￿ and potvies to onsurn bèst wa¢tir* I￿a￿le Cmd Protscllon arKI
Salegugrdlr¥J pdicl88, and privaty and data ￿￿nageMent. Through lh• eLythact Ignit¢ Fulw85 Ltd. slaff
al￿ vcdunteers worktng wlth yDun9 per* 8nd wlnerable a￿119 are fequk•J to have an Erthan(xd DBS theG*.
All acbvib•s are rrsk 436ess8d for hazards to staff. and
Tha Tmslees OR respo￿11>19 fr)r ke8Fthg woper 8ccwntr.ng recor(15 that with ToaSonab￿ ac(JJracy al any
time the flnan¢ial po8K¥m of the charity and to onaÈ4a thém to ensure thot the firwncial statenxnts conwty wtth the
Ccrfnpani¥8 Act 2W6. The ThJstee8 are al80 responsibl8 for saf8guarding the assats of the and h
t&king reasonable Steps fr*the pr•vontlort and do￿0Th offrwj other irrryularfties.
The above h88 bew preparnd in accordarKe wllh th8 pro¥l8kn8 *FWlcab￿ to o)mpanle8 wJbJe¢t to
small ¢ompanles reglm9 a8 8Ot out In Part 15 of tho Companf¢s Act 2￿6 In ac£*rdance th th9 Charltte8
SORP IFRS 102).
The tfU8lew wtho aro al80 th• dlTOCtcrfs for th8 purn088 ofcompary ITh. aThJ who sèrved durfng th• y8ar and up to
the da19 of¥Jgnaiurè ofthe 3taknts were:
Prof SAndernon
Dr M Young
J D8xter
DrPStho
H Chavda
&knfZA Toh9
IRW 24 Juty 20231
The IN8tee8' repr*twaB wov8d by the Bo4rd of Tnmtees.
l&oU4

NorriNGHAM FESTIVAL OF SCIENCE AND CURIOSITY LIMrrED
INDEPENDENT EXAMINER'S REPORT
TO THE TRUSTEES OF NOTnNGHAM FESTIVAL OF SCIENCE AND CURIOSITY
LIIArrED
I roport to tho trust998 LNJ my exarniv￿￿on of thè finanrAal stat8mgnts of NOttIng￿M Fastival of Sdonca and
oslty timtted (tho ch&rity) forthe yew frn￿ 31 Mar(* 2024.
R•spons￿lItI0S and b•sls of r•port
s tha InL8te88 of thg chW (and 8180 its dkectorn for the PlWPQ￿ of crAnpany1gw> ycw are reSp￿￿1b18 for the
prepWati￿ of th8 ffina￿al statgn*nts In atsXrd8n￿ *lth th8 of th8 Componl¥8 A(* 2006 (th9 20C
t).
satisfi8d mys•lf that thg flnan¢lal slatsrngnls of the ¢*arKy are requlred lo bo 8￿jIted undw Part 16 of
the 2006 Ad 8ThJ are ellglble for Indep￿dent 8X8mlnation, I rorA)rt In rn8pect of my examlnauon of th8rity's
finandal slatements canted c4Jl un¢Jer 145 of the Charitsé8 Ad 2011 (tho 2011 Adl. In CarTr1t￿ out my
exami￿tIon I hav8 followed aH tho aWkafAe DiTedion8 giv6n by the CW conwn1￿￿M under 1445Xbl
of th8 2011 Act.
Ml•p•nd•ntuamkn•fs •tal•m•nt
I have (x)mpleted my oxamThthJn. I confinn that no matters have rxyne lo my 8tbniTh in connth th8
examknation g￿Vya me ca￿e ts) b8l8vè that in w)y materlal re9per
ac£ounting rar*xd8 were not kept In respect of the charity as requtred by 88ctkJ1 380 ofthfr 2(￿ Act., or
financiat 8latements do ￿t arcc￿ wilh those rKord5; or
the ffin8￿ slal¢ments do Th)t comply vAth th9 8cctyJnlthg requtrements of ¥eckn 396 of the 2￿)6 Act 0th8r
any requlrement that th• acctyjnts a Iwe arKI falr vlew whkh IB not a matter t￿r￿le(la5 p*t ofan
Klopen¢J•nt examInal￿. or
th8 fknaTh>o18tatwnonts not been prep8r&# ￿ o¢c*nlanL¥ vAlh the mglMd$ 8rKI ￿rK&plea of the
ststThnt of Rec(*nm¢nded Practk* for 8G¢ountlng and rekM)rtlr¥J by chartbes applt¢at4e to ch8dllgs
prep8rfw I￿r 8eAounts In a￿r￿snCe wilh thts Fwkqndal Reportlng s1ofvJ8ffl appllcable In the UK and
RwfiG of Iroknd {FRS 102}.
I no WKI no othw matteTr In wlth the exorrdnauon to whlch atten
be dra￿￿ In
' rep￿t In onlerto ènatjle a prcper uTrlerstsndrvJ ofthè finandal statern￿ to be rethd.
Mdvln Balty FCCA DCtiA
for 8Thd on behalfof Rcoor¥ Spenc¢r
N8WStead Hous8
P8knam Rd
NottlrvJh•
NG5 1AP
14... 202

NornNGHAM FESTIVAL OF SCIENCE AND CURIOSITY LIMITED
STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES
INCLUDING INCOME AND EXPENDrruRE ACCOUNT
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024
Tot•1
fund•
fund¥
2024
nd¥
fund*
2023
Not•s
Charitable actMb98
85.617
85,617
82,205 82.205
9a235
85.871
85.871
*￿t lnconrfoxp•ndl￿r•
lor th• yearl
18,618)
(6.618)
13.066
{3.1366)
Fund balanc*5 at 1 Apr
2023
75
9.876
9,951
75
13,542
13,617
Fund balancm al 31
Il•r¢h 2024
75
75
9,876
9.951
The StateM￿t of ffinan¢i￿ 8¢bvttses Sndudgs 811 gairks arnl k)8868 rer4)gnl8ed In Ihe yw.
The stslem*tt offinan¢lal a(aivths Indude8 all gans and Ios868 recoJnl8ad In the yw. IncJTh aTha oxpendlture
dgrfva frun (%￿n￿n9 8clMtie8.
Tho ststemert of financ181 aclNrtw algo c• with th8 r8Wr8ments for an incom8 and exp9nthiT8 acts)￿
under the cr￿PaniesACt 2[￿6.

NorriNGHAM FESTIVAL OF SCIENCE AND CURIOSITY LIMrrED
BALANCE SHEET
ASAT31 MARCH 2024
Debtors
Cash at bank 8rn1 in hond
10
10,971
3.576
1.999
9,882
14,547
Cr•dllorn: amount• falllng du• within
¢Jn• y•ar
11.881
11
111.2121
11.930)
9.951
Th• fund• olth• ¢hArfty
R88tricted in¢omo fuNI8
Unrestsictod lund8
12
13
3,260
75
9.876
75
9.951
company 1$ onliLW ¢0 th6 ox9mpkn le￿￿reM&nI o)ntaintd in soction 477 of the Compthe8Ad
2006. fcf thè year ¢nded 31 March 2024.
The dwe(aor8 acknovA8dge their reswisibilitras for (x)Mp￿1r￿ with th8 Tequlrgments of thè C(wnpan￿ Act %
vAth r¢sp8c* to accounting r￿d$ and the wep8rn1icffl of finandal Slate￿nts.
Th9 mgn*J8r8 have not Nu1￿1 tho cixyny to otAain its finandal slatoments for tha year li l)
act>)rdanc• with soclw)n 476.
finanual Sta1*n￿ hava be￿ pr8pwJ In xcordanc8 the p￿￿9b)n8 4)plic¥tle to ￿18(#
lo the Bmall rmipanle8 regwn8.
F>rof SAThJw8on
Company regi8lraticm nffikn8r 11842873 lE￿nd and Wakns)

NO￿INGHAm FESTIVAL OF SCIENCE AND CURIOSITY LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR ThIE YEAR ENDED 31 AIARCH 2024
ACC￿￿(1￿1
Chwtty Infonnauon
NoilIngh￿ Festival of Sderth Curi081ty Limited 48 a privat8 company lin*ed by g￿rante@ kKuporated
Enukrynd and Wal￿ Th8 r0g18tered oifK¥18 un￿ 5 Colxlon Ch￿berS. Pelham SW Nthllngh￿Tr. NG1
2ED.
1.1 Accountlng ¢onv•ntion
Th8 thandal statgments have weparnd In auX*dan￿ whh ts thantyS IpverrriThJ do￿rnant}. the
Comparles A(a 2006, FRS 102 Yhe Financ4al R8FQrtiny Stsndwd appllcabje In UK and Republic
Ireland" fFRS 10T> aryj tho char￿&$ SORP 'AcA￿￿try￿ and ReFQrtiw by Charilies.. Statem8nt of
Rrtomm8nd8fJ Praclke applicatjlg trj charitF8S pr¢paring their acctsjnts in thxordancÈ Ihe FIn8n¢￿1
Reporbng Standard aFplkablo in the UK and Republit of Ir•l•r¥J IFRS 102r (8ff8¢livo 1 tsan￿￿ 20191 Th0
¢hailty Is a Publ￿ Benaffl Entrty as d&fl￿d by FRS 102.
Th& tharty has •fvantgge of the pmmgions In Ihe SORP fur charfll•s nol to wepare a Statoment of
Cash Fl(A¥8.
Th& fmondal statemgnts are prepared kn sterlng, whkh 18 funCU0n￿ of charity. Monetary
*nO￿ts In Ihe8e th8rnaal stateM￿ts arg rrjjnded to Ih8 n&are•t£.
Th& flnandal st￿1r￿nts havg be￿ Prep￿0 under ths hljtorical c4)st f))nvth. Thg pth*Jl 8ccountSrg
1.2 Going ¢on¢•m
At the time of 8pprovkng the finandal 8taterft￿ts, thè trusta•s havg a re8sonabfe exp￿ that th8 dlarity
has adtyuate resourtes to contlnue kn operational fjxistence for th• f￿as￿ble fulure. Thu8 the trustees
conunuo to adopt thè gdn9 ¢4)ncem basL4 of ￿ntIng in PTopafft4 tho IlnwKlèl statement
1.3 Ch4rflablo ftmds
UnTo9trict8d furvjs are ayallable lor ug9 at the dis¢mllon of tho trusto9s In furthwance of their thèr1￿
obj9¢tsv￿.
ReAtr￿￿ [￿d& arn to spoth ￿ndit￿* by donors or &yant0￿ as to thgy may bo uwj. Tho
purpJs68 u888 01 the rn3trl¢ted furKIs orp Bot (￿t in tt* rK)tas to th8 finaMaAI sknnerd8.
In¢orn• is rwnisod tha charfty 18 legalty onlil8d to It aftw wy parfoffnanc• thitltin6 havé bgen me(
the aM￿nIS e#n be Thwured rnlkgbly. and it ig pr&Mbfe th•t In￿me will be r￿ed.
Cash th)natiorts arn rBcognlsed on roGfjlpL other donations arg rocJJgni6fjd onc• the charfty ha8 been noli
the th)natKm, unless ￿orManC• Li)ndlUons require defgrral of Ihe aNthnL Inwme tax I￿1)¥erable
roll￿n lo donatio￿ re(*r•td under Gifthmt ordeeds of covenant 1$ recogniwl at the ilme crf tho donal￿.
1.5 Exwndllur•
ExperKliture 18 recrwls•d ￿ th8rg [8 a leg81 or o)nstn*Xlve oWhJ•tion kn tr8nsfvr economlc b￿¢1th to 8
thlrd party. it18 prc4)ablo th8t 4 tranthr of 8¢£￿(¥￿¢ bw)0fft8 vill b8 wulrwj In setll8m￿( aTrJ thg an￿)￿1 of
Ihg obli991th be meaBufgd reJi8bly.
EXp￿dI￿￿18 da8siW by &tivity. Tho costs of each adivty are mad8 up of the totgl of dir•ra and
¥h8TBd costs, I￿u￿1n9 SUPWi costs invc4v¢d In undertakng each Acti¥ity. Dlrect costs attribut8bie to g 8irwFe
ty ore alIC￿ated diredy to that ac*vity. ShBrgd c08ts whth ¢#)ntrit￿le to mcrt tlw aclknty and
ptyl u)sts are nol thbutable to 8 a¢ti￿ty are 8PPOrtftinwJ ttheen those adivths on a Ws
0￿$1stent with the of resourcfjs. Centr818taff o)8ts are aHoc•tod tho ba616 (rf 8penL 8Th1
red&ti￿ thrg8s ar6 81that￿l on th• p¢)rf1(￿ of thg as88t's usg.

NOThNGHAM FESTIVAL OF SCIENCE AND CURIOSITY LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024
{Conllnu
1.6 Rewar¢h and thv•lopThrt •X￿ndItur•
Researrtt ¢xpendffture b wrfften off aga￿$1 profits kn th8 year In whkh tt Is Incurred. knlffiabl8 dov¢lopnert
dlbn to Ihe exlant that the tethnl¢xl, rAMMmerdal and Ilnanclal fo961bJllty w be
1.7 Taxatlon
The tharlty o an èxempt thortty 7*ithin Ihtr mwing Of8(*ett￿ 3 of tho ChèrlllBB Act 2011 ar¥J Is o)n*d&ed
to FWS thè tests sot out In P8r8grW 1 Sthe(lule 6 HnBn¢e A(# 2010 w)d th￿ofty• it m*ts th• doflnttb)n ofa
1.8 Employts b•n•fits
The c>J8t of any unuwj ￿ ell￿eM*￿ Is racts)niyèd in th8 in whith the &m￿0ye&.8 8eThtyce8 are
to t•mlMte th8 Of￿ wnployee orto provide tem)knatknn bgneftg.
Govomment gmnts arn rgc¢gntS8d •1 the falr vath oflh8 8S891 roe•Nod or Tecwabfe vA￿n Ihere Is
r￿able assurarK* Ihal the grant corKYltons ￿11 be mel arKI the grants w41 be recolv￿.
Agrnnt that 8peckl8s pwknn8nc¢ (yJrKIkn Is rectsJni8ed in Incimrn when th• p&frnc• condltlo
are rML Whère a granl does not sp8crfy pwformance condth"O￿ * is re(xyni89d in incom8 when the
proceeds are re￿1¥￿￿ or receNatye. A grant rer*iv•d before the rwitwjn UbtsrH aro sattsfi8d '
rtswthsed as a ￿ab[lity.
In Ihe appll￿n of the chaws aCc￿r¢I￿a p￿￿185, tha truFtees roqulr&J to mako ludgemwts, estirrAtès
and assuryylK)ns a￿)ut t￿ affKJJnt of assets and Ilabllilies that we not rnado￿ apparent other
8ourc8& The e8ttm*•8 and assLNuated as6urnplons ar& ba8•d on h￿￿81 e¥p6Mence and 0th8r facaorn that
ar8 con8id8red to bè relevant. Actual re￿1￿ may differlrorn th88e estirnates.
The eslknat88 Ub)d8tying awmptknB ar8 rO￿Wed on an ongclng b651s. Revlsiong to acc(Amti
fjsllmates are rwnlsed kn lh9 Forkxl In whlch th• ostimete is r￿Sed whgre the revlslon affects only that
Ch•rii•bl• In￿￿•
SpOnS￿$hIp
85.617

NOThINGHAM FESTIVAL OF SCIENCEAND CURIOSITY LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS {CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AIARCH 2024
Ch•rltsbh Expondlturn
2024
2023
81.132
Computer costs
PrintlrvJ. postage and stsuonery
Advertising
Consullancy
Sundry
Bank chargas
Inswance
71,412
517
97
9,732
121
800
1.246
116
775
83
571
Shara ofgoVema￿ costs (see not• 5)
2,227
2.484
92,235
85.871
Gov•rnanco costs
2023
2,f27
2.484
Govemance co8ts indud88 FHYm￿ to the attountarts of £850 (202& £8001 for JThJependent ex8min8lwJn
N•1 mov•m•nt In f￿d8
2023
The net n￿rnent In funds Is st8tod 8fter￿g1￿(cred￿lnYl'.
Fees for th8 indgpondenl examknatkjn ￿the dIari￿S financial
2.227
2,484
Trn•tees
None of the InBtees lor gny ￿rSOn5 connec48d wllh Iham) rec8lved any rernuneratKJn or benefits from the
charity durwu th• yew.

NOThINGHAM FESTIVAL OF SCIENCEAND CURIOSITYUMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024
Thè avgrage monthty numb¢rof employ¢ets durwig Ihg ye8rwa8".
2024
Numb•r
2023
Nwnber
Total
Thare w8re no 8mpW whtsso annual remun8ral*Jn was more than £60.000.
Rtmun•rntlon of key manag•m•nt pernonn•l
Taxation
The rJ￿￿ty03 Wptfrom laxalion on ts actlvlU88 berause all tts in￿rne is aPpl￿d for CharItab￿ purp086s.
10 Debtorn
2024
Amoun1# falling du• within ono year.
Trade debtor5
10,971
11 Credhors: amounts falling du• wlthln ono yo•r
2023
T￿de credib)r
A(x7ua18 8nd dèferred Ino)me
9,087
2,125
10
11,212
1,930
10-

•SI thl

NOTllNGHAM FESTIVAL OF SCIENCE AND CURIOSITY UMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ICONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024
13 Unr•Jtrfd•d
Tho unrestricted funds of the charily COn￿Se tha U￿Xpended balanc88 oldonations and grants whth are
not subject to sp8crfic coThJrfions by donors and grantots as lo how Ihoy may bo used. Thes8 include
dasKJna1￿ fwKls Nvhi¢h have been sel askle out of UnreSt￿ted funds ty the trustees forspecific purposes.
At 1 April At 31 March
2D23
2024
General lurKIB
75
75
Pr•vlous yw4r:
At 1 Aprll At 31 IAarch
21)22
2023
Gentsral hjnds
75
75
14 Analys1$ of n•t a$•6ts b•lw••n fund$
Unre¥trithd R•8trlthd
funds
funds
2024
2024
Totsl
2024
At 31 Mar¢h 2024:
Current as5etslllia￿llt19s}
75
3260
3,335
75
Unrnstricted Ro•trlct•d
funds
2023
Total
2023
2023
At 31 hlarch 2023..
Current assetsllllab16tl88>
75
9.876
9,951
75
9.876
9.951
1S Rel•t•d party tr4n••¢tlons
During the year the secyetsry for the company being Sar8h Walley is 8150 8thng as seuetsry for Ignite
Futures Limited vkno are ra8Fon8ible for the day to day management of Nottingham Fgstyv￿s &tivibes.
Chavda is also list8d 8 dire(*>r for N¢Xtlwham Festival of SC19r￿ and Cuiioslty Llmlted and
Ignits Futur95 Limited during the year.
During Ihe year Notiingham Festival of Suance and Curiosity Limlted paid Ignite Futttres Limitèd £67.168
(2023: £68.0321 for prc•Jwtion and management of the festival.
No rem￿eratiOn OT exp8n598 have been p8ld to any bu8tees during th8 ya8r12023: £01
13-