Scientific Instrument Society

Analysis

Scientific Instrument Society is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Oxford. It was registered in December 1984, 42 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. It says it sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Scientific Instrument Society reported income of £41k and spending of £45k, spending 108% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £25k to £41k (+69%), an average of +14% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 55%. 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, Scientific Instrument Society sits at the 66th percentile: it is larger than about 66% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 58th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Hayes Green Community Centre (£41k), Axminster Musical Theatre (£41k) and Churt Village Hall (£41k).

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.