NORTH WALES SCIENCE
Registered charity 1102959 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as TECHNIQUEST@NEWI, Xplore! Science Discovery Centre
North Wales Science operates a science discovery centre.
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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that total reserves stood at £3,164,939, significantly exceeding the stated policy target of approximately £193,000. However, the charity relies on its parent company, Wrexham University, for financial support to meet liabilities as they fall due, with the trustees acknowledging that there can be no certainty this support will continue.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Reserves policy: three months normal expenditure (held: £3.2m)
“The company's longer-term policy on reserves is to generate and sustain a reserve equivalent to three months normal expenditure - this is approximately £193,000 for 2025.” — page 5
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Going concern: noted by the trustees or auditor
“The trustees have performed a going concern assessment which indicates that, in reasonably possible downsides, the charitable company will require additional funds through funding from its ultimate parent company, Wrexham University, to meet its liabilities as they fall due during the 12 month period from the date of approval of these financial statements, the going concern assessment period.” — page 13
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by HaysMac LLP. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.
Year-over-year changes
- Going concern: no going-concern doubt (FY2024) → going-concern doubt noted (FY2025).
Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.
Property (HM Land Registry)
1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold); recorded price paid £480k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.
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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/07/2025)
Cost of raising funds
£104k
Reported reserves equal ~33.2 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (50% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.
Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 7.2% of total income — above the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).
- Howard Jeremy Jones
- Leah Maltby
- Nigel Jones
- Nigel Williams
- Professor Anne Louise Nortcliffe
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Throughout England And Wales
Income and spending
Common questions
Is NORTH WALES SCIENCE financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total reserves stood at £3,164,939, significantly exceeding the stated policy target of approximately £193,000. However, the charity relies on its parent company, Wrexham University, for financial support to meet liabilities as they fall due, with the trustees acknowledging that there can be no certainty this support will continue. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by HaysMac LLP.
Who funds NORTH WALES SCIENCE?
Funders whose own accounts filings name NORTH WALES SCIENCE as a grant recipient include WESTHILL ENDOWMENT, CHLOE'S AND SOPHIE'S SPECIAL EARS FUND.
Known funders
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