South Downs Planetarium

Analysis

South Downs Planetarium is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in West Sussex. It was registered in April 2003, 23 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 04632506). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending April 2025, South Downs Planetarium reported income of £118k and spending of £124k, spending 105% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £63k to £118k (+87%), an average of +17% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2024, when income rose by 43%. Over the whole period it spent 111% 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, South Downs Planetarium sits at the 80th percentile: it is larger than about 80% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 73rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Southport Spotlights Musical Theatre Society (£117k), The Bardi Orchestra (£118k) and New Venture Productions (£117k).