The Association for Science and Discovery Centres

Analysis

The Association for Science and Discovery Centres is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bristol. It was registered in April 2009, 17 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 06798106). It says it makes grants to organisations, provides advocacy/advice/information and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Association for Science and Discovery Centres reported income of £657k and spending of £606k, spending 92% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £572k to £657k (+15%), an average of +3.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 22%. Over the whole period it spent 102% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, The Association for Science and Discovery Centres sits at the 92nd percentile: it is larger than about 92% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 92nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Incorporated Society for Psychical Research (£655k), Aberdeen Park Nursery (£657k) and Charlton House School Limited (£652k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 79%. Charitable activities took 100% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Grants to other organisations totalled £234k. Reserves of £233k would cover about 5 months of spending at that rate. It employed 5 people.