The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 30th August 2026

The Association for Science and Discovery Centres

Registered charity 1129312 Registered since 2009

Operates: Throughout England And Wales

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Board DNA

How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.

16 trustees on the board

4.5y median 4y
average tenure
9y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

6.5y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (15)

Portfolio (1)

15
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Education/training 16Armed Forces/emergency Service Efficiency 1

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Other services 16Education 3Arts and leisure 2

Gaps to watch

  • Narrow spread of causes across the board

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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£657k latest income · income exceeded spending in 2024 and 2025
ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

4.6 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months · was 2.9 in 2021

5 from 5 in 2021
EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

Connected through a shared trustee

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.sciencecentres.org.uk
Emailinfo@sciencecentres.org.uk
Phone0117 915 0181
AddressSUITE 101, QC30, QUEEN CHARLOTTE STREET, BRISTOL, BS1 4HJ

Finances

£656,964 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£571,994£647,388
2022£448,087£525,897
2023£543,376£511,913
2024£663,080£645,541
2025£656,964£606,228

What it does

What

Education/training

Who

Other Charities Or Voluntary BodiesThe General Public/mankind

How

Makes Grants To OrganisationsProvides Advocacy/advice/informationActs As An Umbrella Or Resource Body

Trustees (16)

16trustees
49median age
0aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

The Association for Science and Discovery Centres · 06798106 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 21/01/2009

2 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (1)

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