Registered charity 1208496

Oriel Science

What it does

Oriel Science is an educational charity which engages the public and school students with cutting-edge STEAMM research and innovation from universities and other organisations. Our mission is to use the wow factor of this research to inspire and enhance the Future Generations educational and career journeys, address under-representations, and enrich the general public's affinity with science.

In the charity's own words, from the register.

Its charitable purposes

1. TO ADVANCE EDUCATION, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT LIMITED TO SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING, ARTS, MATHEMATICS AND MEDICINE (STEAMM) EDUCATION BY MEANS INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO: I) PROVIDING WORKSHOPS FOR SCHOOL GROUPS AND YOUNG PEOPLE, PARTICULARLY AMONGST UNDER-REPRESENTED GROUPS, TO ADVANCE THEIR CAREER JOURNEYS II) PROVIDING A PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT PROGRAMME TO ENHANCE THE GENERAL PUBLIC’S SCIENCE CAPITAL 2. THE CHARITY WILL ALSO ADVANCE SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES, WHICH ARE BENEFICIAL TO THE PUBLIC AND WHICH ARE CONSISTENT WITH THE OBJECTS STATED ABOVE, AS TRUSTEES IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION DETERMINE.

From its governing document, as recorded on the register.

Causes

What it works on: Education and training
Health and saving lives
Arts, culture, heritage and science
Environment, conservation and heritage
Economic and community development, and employment
Who it helps: Children and young people
Older people
Disabled people
Other charities and voluntary bodies
The general public
How it works: Provides buildings, facilities or open space
Provides services
Provides advocacy, advice or information
Sponsors or carries out research

The charity chose these from the Charity Commission's list.

Where it works

Elsewhere

Throughout England and Wales

The places the charity told the Commission it works in.

Income and spending

In the year ending 31 July 2025, it had income of £151,941 and spent £111,095.

Income, spending, staff and volunteers by financial year
Year ending	Income	Spending	Paid staff	Volunteers
31 July 2025	£151,941	£111,095	Not reported	2

Figures as the charity reported them to the Charity Commission. Staff and volunteer numbers are only asked of charities with income over £10,000. A year with no row was not reported.

Financial position

Separate measures from the charity's own returns and accounts, each with its year. Read them together: no single measure says how well a charity is run.

Spending against income: It spent 73% of its income in the year to 31 July 2025.

From the annual returns the charity filed with the Charity Commission. The largest funder comes from its accounts, read by AI.

Government funding, as the charity reported it

Government grants in the year ending 31 July 2025: £12,210 from 6 grants. Government contracts: Not reported.

From the charity's annual return to the Charity Commission, which asks every charity with income over £10,000 how much came from government grants and contracts. It does not say which part of government. These totals are separate from the named funders read from its accounts and the grants published on 360Giving, and are not added to them.

Grants awarded to it, published on 360Giving

Funders that publish to 360Giving list 1 grant to this charity, worth £13,814, awarded in 2026.

Only funders that publish their grants to 360Giving are included, and many do not. These are amounts funders awarded, which can differ from what the charity received in a given year, so they are shown apart from the accounts figures above.

Grants awarded, newest first
Awarded	Grant	Amount
28 Jan 2026	The National Lottery Community FundOriel Science Community Outreach	£13,814

Trustees

5 trustees run the charity.

Dr Sarah RobertsAppointed 30 May 2024
Emily MacAulayAppointed 3 February 2026
Professor Christopher AlltonAppointed 30 May 2024
Professor Martin StringerAppointed 12 November 2024
Tanya FoxallAppointed 8 October 2024

Trustees are responsible in law for the charity. Names are as they appear on the public register.

Filing record

The last annual return that was due arrived by the deadline.

When each year's annual return and accounts were due and received
Year ending	Due	Annual return	Accounts
31 July 2025	31 May 2026	Received 22 May 2026, 9 days early	Received 22 May 2026

Charities with income over £10,000 send an annual return within 10 months of their year end, and those over £25,000 also send their accounts. Smaller charities only update their income and spending on the register. The dates are when the Commission received each document.

About this charity

Charity number: 1208496
Status: Registered
Registered with the Commission: 3 June 2024
Governing document: CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 03 Jun 2024
Website: orielscience.co.ukAs the charity gave it on the register.
Council area of its contact address: Swansea

Sources

Register details, income, spending, trustees and filing dates: Charity Commission for England and Wales, register of charities. Loaded by OpenEconomy on 2 November 2026.
Grants awarded: 360Giving open grants data, from funders that publish there. Loaded by OpenEconomy on 2 November 2026.

Elsewhere in the Edau family

Year ending

Income

Spending

Paid staff

Volunteers

31 July 2025

£151,941

£111,095

Not reported

Awarded

Grant

Amount

28 Jan 2026

The National Lottery Community FundOriel Science Community Outreach

£13,814

Year ending

Due

Annual return

Accounts

31 July 2025

31 May 2026

Received 22 May 2026, 9 days early

Received 22 May 2026