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|Trustees' annual report (incorporating the director's report)|**1**|
|Independent examiner's report to the trustees|**9**|
|Statement of financial activities (including income and||
|expenditure account)|**11**|
|Statement of financial position|**12**|
|Notes to the financial statements|**13**|





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|**Registered charity name**|Science Festivals NI||
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|**Charity registration number**|NIC100332||
|**Company registration number**|Nl624114||
|**Principal office and registered**|3rd Floor||
|**office**|Botanic House||
||Botanic Avenue||
||Belfast||
||BT7 1JG||
|**The trustees**|||
||Elizabeth Conlon (Treasurer)|(Resigned 30 November 2023)|
||Claire Lyttle (Secretary)||
||Judith Harvey||
||Jonathan Wallace||
||Alan Fitzsimmons||
||Anthony Byrne||
||William Connor||
||Victoria Simms (Chairperson)||
||Donna-Marie Rogers||
||Sara Catherine Gunn-Smith|(Resigned 9 December 2024)|
||Cailin Lynn|(Appointed 9 December 2024)|
||Simon Bailie|(Appointed 9 December 2024)|
|**Independent examiner**|Finegan Gibson||





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|**Fixed assets**||||
|Tangible fixed assets|**14**|207|749|
|**Current assets**||||
|Debtors|**15**|43,679|139,907|
|Cash at bank and in hand||343,036|274,929|
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|**Creditors: amounts falling due within one year**|**16**|7,046|26,336|
|**Net current assets**||379,669|388,500|
|**Total assets less current liabilities**||379,876|389,249|
|**Net assets**||379,876|389,249|
|**Funds of the charity**||||
|Restricted funds||5,688|6,800|
|Unrestricted funds||374,188|382,449|
|**Total charity funds**|**18**|379,876|389,249|



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|Belfast City Council|26,200|97,600|123,800|
|Department of the Economy||93,000|93,000|
|Queen's University Belfast|5,000||5,000|
|Ulster University|20,000||20,000|
|British Council||10,000|10,000|
|British Science Association|2,460|7,938|10,398|
|MCS|10,000||10,000|
|Tourism NI||||
|Kaines Sponsorship|1,000||1,000|
|Royal Society of Chemistry|5,000||5,000|
|RSPB|2,000||2,000|
|National museums|15,000||15,000|
|Institute of Physics|2,000||2,000|
|Halifax||||
|CQ Bid|500||500|
|RSPCA||||
|Belfast Harbour Commission||5,000|5,000|
|Innovate UK||||
|Derry and Strabane Council||20,787|20,787|
|Matrix NI|10,000||10,000|
|Film Hub NI|5,000||5,000|
|The Nerve Centre||||
|Open University|5,000||5,000|
|Arts and Business|1,200|2,800|4,000|
|Collective Act||||
|Open College Network|5,000||5,000|
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|Belfast City Council||99,904|99,904|
|Department of the Economy||83,000|83,000|
|Queen's University Belfast||5,000|5,000|
|Ulster University|20,000||20,000|
|British Council|5,000||5,000|
|British Science Association||4,400|4,400|
|MCS|10,000||10,000|
|Tourism NI|30,000||30,000|
|Kainos Sponsorship||||
|Royal Society of Chemistry||||
|RSPB||||
|National museums||||
|Institute of Physics|2,000||2,000|
|Halifax||5,700|5,700|
|CQ Bid|1,000||1,000|
|RSPCA|2,000||2,000|
|Belfast Harbour Commission||3,950|3,950|
|Innovate UK|10,000||10,000|
|Derry and Strabane Council||23,309|23,309|
|Matrix NI|10,000||10,000|
|Film Hub NI|5,000||5,000|
|The Nerve Centre||47,317|47,317|
|Open University|5,000||5,000|
|Arts and Business||||
|Collective Act|229,488||229,488|
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|Other income|||4,429|4,429|
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|Charitable activities|412,693|<br>28,284|440,977|576,101|
|Governance costs||14,319|14,319|6,240|
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|Premises|17,273|17,273|18,436|
|General office|11,011|11,011|24,850|
|Governance costs|14,319|14,319|6,240|
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|Depreciation of tangible fixed assets|677|632|
|Gains on disposal of tangible fixed assets||(1,000)|
|Loss on disposal of heritage assets||384|
|Fees payable for the audit of the financial statements||3,780|
|**Independent examination fees**|||
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|Fees payable to the independent examiner for:|||
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|Wages and salaries|112,751|173,388|
|Social security costs|6,478|11,350|
|Employer contributions to pension plans|5,111|4,994|
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|**Cost**||
|At 1 May 2023|3,215|
|Additions|135|
|**At 30 April 2024**|3,350|
|**Depreciation**||
|At 1 May 2023|2,466|
|Charge for the year|677|
|**At 30 April 2024**|3,143|
|**Carrying amount**||
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|At 30 April 2023|749|





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|Trade debtors|43,679|139,682|
|Other debtors||225|
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|Trade creditors|2,676|22,259|
|Accruals and deferred income|2,100|3,570|
|Social security and other taxes|1,543||
|Pension creditor|727|298|
|Net wages creditor||209|
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|**Charitable activities**|||
|Belfast City Council|123,800|99,904|
|Department of the Economy|93,000|83,000|
|Queen's University Belfast|5,000|5,000|
|Ulster University|20,000|20,000|
|British Council|10,000|5,000|
|British Science Association|10,398|4,400|
|MCS|10,000|10,000|
|Tourism NI||30,000|
|Kainos Sponsorship|1,000||
|Royal Society of Chemistry|5,000||
|RSPB|2,000||
|National museums|15,000||
|Institute of Physics|2,000|2,000|
|Halifax||5,700|
|CQBid|500|1,000|
|RSPCA||2,000|
|Belfast Harbour Commission|5,000|3,950|
|Innovate UK||10,000|
|Derry and Strabane Council|20,787|23,309|
|Matrix NI|10,000|10,000|
|Film Hub NI|5,000|5,000|
|The Nerve Centre||47,317|
|Open University|5,000|5,000|
|Arts and Business|4,000||
|Collective Act||229,488|
|Open College Network|5,000||
||352,485|602,068|
|**Other trading activities**|||
|Ticket income|93,438|74,529|
|**Other income**|||
|Gain on disposal of tangible fixed assets held for charity's own use||1,000|
|Other income||4,429|
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