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Finance Score: 2
Governance Score: 9
Support Score: 6
  • Liabilities <10%: +3
  • Volatile income -1
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +6
Overall GiG Score: 17 ?

EUREKA THE NATIONAL CHILDREN'S MUSEUM

To promote, maintain and advance public education by the promotion, establishment and maintenance of a museum or museums for children. It operates as a children's museum providing interactive educational exhibits and programmed workshops designed to increase child awareness, curiosity, understanding and enjoyment of the world in which we live.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from a grant maker
  • This charity has a robust balance sheet
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

  • Income has been volatile recently but spending has been maintained

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k		 Spending
£k		 Surplus/
Deficit £k		 Fundraising
Cost £k		 Total
Funds £k		 Unrestricted
Funds £k		 Mths
Rsrvs		 Staff Volun-
teers
31/12/23£5,353£6,498£-1,145£0£16,499£4,2747.915020
31/12/22£7,853£3,868£3,985£0£17,542£4,58414.21000
31/12/21£8,805£2,565£6,239£0£13,365£4,00518.7710
31/12/20£3,583£3,572£11£0£7,090£2,8949.71310
31/12/19£4,558£4,508£50£0£7,080£3,7169.913310
31/12/18£4,245£4,496£-251£0£7,004£3,6629.81380
31/12/17£4,044£4,093£-49£0£7,246£3,744111270
31/12/16£3,517£3,594£-77£0£7,194£3,38611.3760
31/12/15£3,247£3,564£-317£39£7,371£3,21310.8810
31/12/14£3,297£3,663£-367£42£7,689£3,22210.6790
31/12/13£3,268£3,569£-301£48£8,060£3,15210.6750
31/12/12£4,826£3,239£1,587£37£8,362£3,25712.1730
31/12/11£2,925£3,248£-324£44£6,775£2661720
31/12/10£2,831£3,212£-381£37£7,108£2330.9700
31/12/09£3,350£2,531£819£41£8,654£200.1700
31/12/08£1,898£2,448£-550£35£7,840£720.4690
31/12/07£1,939£2,424£-486£123£8,394£1290.6710
31/12/06£2,036£2,423£-386n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/05£2,672£2,399£272n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/04£3,487£2,253£1,234n/an/an/an/an/an/a
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Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 9%
Highest pay band: £120,000-£130,000
Liabilities/Assets: 3%
Liabilities/Income: 11%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 26%
Reserves/Spending: 7.9 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 5 months
Quick Ratio: 4.5
Asset Split ?
Balance Sheet History
Established: 39 years

www.eureka.org.uk

info@eureka.org.uk

01422330069

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Education/Training
  • Recreation
GiG Classification
  • Museums, parks, historical sites
How it operates
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Calderdale, Wirral,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind

Who supports them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Major supporters in last 5 years
DCMS£783,300
Garfield Weston Foundation£300,000
The Foyle Foundation£100,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months		 To be used for
DCMS - CRF21: Eureka! The National Children's Museum
£783,300 08/03/2021
Culture Recovery Fund for Heritage 2020-21
Garfield Weston Foundation - Major Grants award
£300,000 29/01/2021
Eureka! Mersey
The Foyle Foundation - Learning (MGS)
£100,000 28/11/2019
towards Eureka! Mersey: a new science and discovery centre on the Wirral, Merseyside
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Eureka! The National Children's Museum
£97,500 17/08/2016
Safeguarding Halifax’s railway heritage

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (10)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 9/10 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 38-67
  • ALAN JOHN AUBREY Appointed: 2011, Occupation: Director
  • FAITH MAVIS BEST Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Developer, Trainer, Facilitator
  • JANE SHERIDAN RICE-BOWEN (Chair) Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Management Consultant
  • JOHN HOWARD KELLY Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Chartered Accountant
  • JOHN TREVOR SUTCLIFFE Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Retired Finance Director
  • KIRSTY ELLEN LOUISE WARD Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Retail Director
  • LEIGH-ANNE STRADESKI Appointed: 2003, Occupation: Director
  • SHAGUFTA SHARIF Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Civil Servant
  • SHAHBAN KHATAB AHMED AZIZ Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Senior Funding Manager
  • SUSAN JULIE HIGGINSON Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Principal And Ceo
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 08/10/1985, number: 292758
  • Registered at Companies House on 19/09/1985, number: 01948578
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
20 returns made; all on time
Main office

DISCOVERY ROAD
HALIFAX
HX1 2NE

Objectives

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).

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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