CURIOUS DIRECTIVE

Registered charity 1144025 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

curious directive is a theatre company making theatre through the lens of science. Based in a medieval church in the heart of Norwich, we bring together artists, scientists, academics and communities to make emotionally-charged narrative-led devised theatre which tours around the UK and internationally.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds £63,000 in cash reserves, which amounts to just over 6 months of core operating costs. Per the trustees' report, the charity is dependent on continued support from grant-aiding bodies, having exited the Arts Council England National Portfolio. The total incoming resources for the year were £196,094, with a net surplus of £4,837.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 07287464
• Trading subsidiary: CURIOUS DIRECTIVE ENTERPRISES LTD Companies House 14098239

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• HESTER, Ollie — director, appointed 12/08/2022on trustee list
• FITZGIBBON, Tiernan — director, appointed 12/08/2022on trustee list
• GANA, Joana — director, appointed 12/08/2022on trustee list
• MENDL, Kumiko Elizabeth — director, appointed 12/08/2022on trustee list
• TZANOVA, Petia — director, appointed 12/08/2022on trustee list
• LOWE, Jack William Sutherland — director, appointed 17/06/2010not on trustee list
• LOWE, Jack William Sutherland — secretary, appointed 10/09/2022

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2022)

Reported reserves equal ~0.9 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 7.0 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (47% 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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (2.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Kumiko Elizabeth Mendlchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• Joana Gana
• Ollie Hester
• Petia Tzanova
• Tiernan Fitzgibbon

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.