City Discovery Centre

Analysis

City Discovery Centre is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Milton Keynes. It was registered in September 1987, 39 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, 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 02108180). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, City Discovery Centre reported income of £377k and spending of £514k, spending 136% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £409k to £377k (-7.9%), an average of -2.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 43%. Over the whole period it spent 108% 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, City Discovery Centre sits at the 90th percentile: it is larger than about 90% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 88th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Teddington Theatre Club Limited (£377k), Todmorden Amateur Operatic and Dramatic Society (£377k) and The Spode Museum Trust (£377k).