National Space Centre

Analysis

National Space Centre is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Leicester. It was registered in January 2000, 26 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03485236). It says it makes grants to organisations, provides human resources and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending December 2025, National Space Centre reported income of £9.9m and spending of £10.1m, spending 102% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £6.3m to £9.9m (+57%), an average of +12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 20%. Over the whole period it spent 103% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, National Space Centre sits at the 98th percentile: it is larger than about 98% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 99th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Abbot's Hill Limited (£9.9m), Box Hill School Trust Limited (£10.0m) and Arnold House School Ltd (£9.8m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 57% and trading 42%. Charitable activities took 62% of spending and raising funds 37%. Reserves of £6.5m would cover about 8 months of spending at that rate. It employed 152 people.

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.