CURIOUS MINDS — grant history

Registered charity 1130988 · filings on the Charity Commission register

Latest income
£1.3m
Grants listed (FY2023)
54
Listed grants total
£1.2m
Accounts grants total
£495k

listed grants do not fully reconcile with the accounts total — list may be partialextracted from its FY2023 accounts

Application guidance — from the funder’s own website

Summarised from www.curiousminds.org.uk · www.curiousminds.org.uk/what-we-do-18xr · www.curiousminds.org.uk/chance-to-see-fund-yblx on 15/08/2026. Always check the funder’s site before applying.

What this funder supports

Based on the register classifications and operating areas of the grant recipients we could match to the charity register (a subset of all grantees).

Causes funded
  • Education/training (16 grantees)
  • Arts/culture/heritage/science (10 grantees)
  • General Charitable Purposes (6 grantees)
  • Economic/community Development/employment (5 grantees)
  • Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity (4 grantees)
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives (3 grantees)
  • Disability (3 grantees)
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty (2 grantees)
  • Environment/conservation/heritage (2 grantees)
  • Other Charitable Purposes (2 grantees)
Where grantees operate
  • Throughout England (5 grantees)
  • Throughout England And Wales (3 grantees)
  • Liverpool City (2 grantees)
  • Scotland (2 grantees)
  • Bolton (2 grantees)
  • Manchester City (2 grantees)
  • Oldham (2 grantees)
  • Lancashire (2 grantees)
  • Denmark (1 grantee)
  • Cheshire West & Chester (1 grantee)

Grants made, per its accounts filings

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RecipientYearAmountPurpose
Royal Court Liverpool TrustFY2023£394kMentoring Programme PI
Cumbria Music ServiceFY2023£200kFRAME Project PI
YkidsFY2023£183kLet's Create & Let's Craft
Circus HouseFY2023£50kLCEP Development
Liverpool City RegionFY2023£45kGenerations of Change PI
Z ArtsFY2023£45kCreative Curriculum PI
Theatre Porto (formerly Action Transport Theatre)FY2023£35kEllesmere Port Hyperlocal Development PI
GMCAFY2023£25kCulture & Transport in GM PI
Museum Development North WestFY2023£15kRe-engaging Audiences PI
Home Start WarringtonFY2023£15kLet's Craft
Creativity Works PrestonFY2023£13kLCEP Development
Bolton MuseumFY2023£13kNLHF Kick the Dust - Hope Streets
Festival of Making CICFY2023£12kLet's Craft
Blackpool Sixth Form CollegeFY2023£12kSLiCE Programme
Blaze Arts, PrestonFY2023£11kStaying Curious in a Crisis PI
Anchorsholme Primary AcademyFY2023£10kSLiCE Programme
Community Arts NWFY2023£10kPushing Boundaries
Cumbria Music ServiceFY2023£10kLet's Create & Let's Craft
Lancashire Youth ChallengeFY2023£10kOur Place in the World PI
Blaze ArtsFY2023£10kNLHF Kick the Dust - Hope Streets
Young ManchesterFY2023£10kYouth & Play Cultural Partnerships PI
Lancashire MuseumsFY2023£9kNLHF Kick the Dust - Hope Streets
The AtkinsonFY2023£9kNLHF Kick the Dust - Hope Streets
Hawes Side AcademyFY2023£8kSLiCE Programme
Accrington AcademyFY2023£6kThe Uncertainty Principle PI
Youth Performance HubFY2023£5kCurious Minds
Festival of Making CICFY2023£5kLCEP Development PI
Robert F Kennedy Human Rights UKFY2023£5kPoetic Universal Declaration of Human Rights PI
Wigan STEAMFY2023£5kCASE Leadership Programme
Wirral Hospital SchoolsFY2023£5kLCEP Development
Pinc College NWFY2023£5kNLHF Kick the Dust - Hope Streets
Tullie HouseFY2023£5kNLHF Kick the Dust - Hope Streets
West Cheshire MuseumsFY2023£5kNLHF Kick the Dust - Hope Streets
Youth Focus NWFY2023£5kNLHF Kick the Dust - Hope Streets
Factory InternationalFY2023£5kCASE Leadership Programme
United Learning TrustFY2023£5kSLiCE Programme
Warrington Borough CouncilFY2023£3kLet's Create & Let's Craft
Music for YouthFY2023£3kCoronation Bandstands
Gorse Hill StudiosFY2023£3kLCEP Development
Pendle Leisure TrustFY2023£3kLCEP Development PI
Blackpool Grand TheatreFY2023£3kLCEP Development
Community Objectives CICFY2023£3kLet's Craft
Reform Radio CICFY2023£1kNLHF Kick the Dust - Hope Streets
Bury Arts Museum and Sculptures CentreFY2023£1kLCEP Development
Blackpool Teaching School AllianceFY2023£870Illuminating Futures PI
Odd ArtsFY2023£778CASE Leadership Programme
The Uncertainty Principle PIFY2023£675The Uncertainty Principle PI
Manchester Metropolitan UniversityFY2023£671Intergenerational pilot
Whole EducationFY2023£650School Ready Digital PI
Ready GenerationsFY2023£650Creative Curriculum
Collective EncountersFY2023£600CASE Leadership Programme
Lancashire Youth ChallengeFY2023£350Let's Craft
Tullie House MuseumFY2023£250LCEP Development
Liverpool Learning PartnershipFY2023£250Let's Craft
Action Transport TheatreFY2022£35kEllesmere Port Hyperlocal Development PI
Festival of Making CICFY2022£30kLCEP Development PI
Cumbria Music ServiceFY2022£21kFRAME Project PI
United Learning TrustFY2022£18kSLiCE Programme
West Cheshire MuseumsFY2022£17kNLHF Kick the Dust - Hope Streets
GMCAFY2022£15kCulture & Transport in GM PI
Pendle Leisure TrustFY2022£15kLCEP Development PI
Tullie HouseFY2022£15kNLHF Kick the Dust - Hope Streets
Lancashire MuseumsFY2022£15kNLHF Kick the Dust - Hope Streets
The AtkinsonFY2022£11kNLHF Kick the Dust - Hope Streets
Bolton MuseumFY2022£11kNLHF Kick the Dust - Hope Streets
Blaze Arts, PrestonFY2022£10kStaying Curious in a Crisis PI
Museum Development North WestFY2022£8kRe-engaging Audiences PI
Lancashire Youth ChallengeFY2022£7kOur Place in the World PI
LowryFY2022£5kYouth Performance Hub
Z ArtsFY2022£5kCreative Curriculum PI
Reform Radio CICFY2022£4kNLHF Kick the Dust - Hope Streets
Whole EducationFY2022£3kSchool Ready Digital PI
Accrington AcademyFY2022£3kThe Uncertainty Principle PI
Wirral Hospital SchoolsFY2022£3kLCEP Development
University of ManchesterFY2022£2kSLiCE Programme
Wigan STEAMFY2022£778CASE Leadership Programme
Odd ArtsFY2022£671CASE Leadership Programme
Lancashire Youth ChallengeFY2022£650Let's Craft
YkidsFY2022£650Let's Create & Let's Craft
Liverpool City RegionFY2022£650Generations of Change PI
Cumbria Music ServiceFY2022£650Let's Create & Let's Craft
Liverpool Learning PartnershipFY2022£350Let's Craft
Warrington Borough CouncilFY2022£250Let's Create & Let's Craft
Community Objectives CICFY2022£250Let's Craft
Home Start WarringtonFY2022£250Let's Craft
ArtReach TrustFY2022£0Creative Sanctuary
Ribblesdale Nursery SchoolFY2022£0SLiCE Programme
Royal Opera HouseFY2022£0Youth Voice Initiative
St Helens CouncilFY2022£0Let's Create
Stoneyholme Nursery SchoolFY2022£0SLiCE Programme
Odd ArtsFY2022£0Lets Create boxes
Norfolk & Norwich FestivalFY2022£0Metal Support Programme
Newtown Nursery SchoolFY2022£0SLiCE Programme
Martenscroft Nursery SchoolFY2022£0SLiCE Programme
Knowsley Borough CouncilFY2022£0Let's Create
Young ManchesterFY2022£0Digital Inclusion PI
Young ManchesterFY2022£0Youth & Play Cultural Partnerships PI
GMCAFY2022£0Autism Aware Culture
Bolton SchoolFY2022£0SLiCE Programme
Egremont Primary SchoolFY2022£0SLiCE Programme
Evelyn Community Primary SchoolFY2022£0SLiCE Programme
HollinsFY2022£0SLiCE Programme
Formby High SchoolFY2022£0LCEP Development
Festival of Making CICFY2022£0Let's Craft
East Prescott Road Nursery SchoolFY2022£0SLiCE Programme
Comics YouthFY2022£0Let's Create & Let's Craft
Centre for Youth ImpactFY2022£0Outcomes Framework PI
Cartwheel ArtsFY2022£0Let's Create boxes
Oldham Enterprise TrustFY2022£0LCEP Development
Blackburn Museum and Art GalleryFY2022£0Let's Create & Let's Craft
Blackpool Teaching School AllianceFY2022£-61kIlluminating Futures PI

About this data

This grant list is extracted by automated reading of the grant-maker’s own accounts PDFs as filed with the Charity Commission, and cross-checked against the accounts’ stated grant totals (listed sum 1238771 vs reference 494570 (150.5% diff; ref=stated)). Recipients are linked to register entries only on an exact charity-number or unambiguous exact-name match. If you represent this funder and want a correction, contact us.