Curious Directive

Analysis

Curious Directive is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Norwich. It was registered in September 2011, 15 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 07287464). It says it provides services, sponsors or undertakes research and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Curious Directive reported income of £196k and spending of £191k, spending 98% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £274k to £196k (-28%), an average of -8.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 91%. Over the whole period it spent 88% of the income it received.

Among 17,634 England and Wales charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Curious Directive sits at the 85th percentile: it is larger than about 85% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 81st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Coniston Sports and Social Centre (£196k), Youth Action & Diversity Trust Ltd (£196k) and Nonclassical (£196k).