Science Projects

Analysis

Science Projects is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in East Sussex. It was registered in February 1988, 38 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 02186073). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Science Projects reported income of £1.2m and spending of £1.5m, spending 121% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £1.1m to £1.2m (+10%), an average of +2.5% a year. Over the whole period it spent 116% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Science Projects sits at the 94th percentile: it is larger than about 94% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 95th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include University of Chichester Students' Union (£1.2m), Ludgvan Community Childcare Centre Limited (£1.2m) and Taxaid UK (£1.2m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 99%. Charitable activities took 93% of spending and raising funds 1.3%. Reserves of £456k would cover about 3 months of spending at that rate. It employed 40 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.