Science Projects

Registered charity 298542 Registered since 1988

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.

5 trustees on the board

3y median 3y

average tenure

longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

Helen Featherstone since 2020

8.1y

average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (4)

Portfolio (1)

Dr Stephen Wilkins since 2021

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 1Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity 1Other Charitable Purposes 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.

Education 1Hospitality 1

Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.

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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.

2020

2021

2022

2023

2024

incomespending£1.3m latest income · spending exceeded income in 2023 and 2024

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.

6.4 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 9.9 in 2020

38 from 44 in 2020

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

Curiosity Sussex 1 shared trustee

Also active in the same field

Oxfordshire Motor Project Similar size; both Education
The Institute of Mathematics and ITS Applications Similar size; both Education
Westville House School Similar size; both Education
Ukcisa Similar size; both Education
Godolphin International Thoroughbred Leadership Programme Limited Similar size; both Education

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Website	www.science-projects.org
Email	info@science-projects.org
Phone	02087412305
Address	UNIT 1, WARREN FARM, STEVENTON, BASINGSTOKE, RG25 3BL

Finances

£1,275,129 latest income

Year	Income	Spending
2020	£1,658,392	£1,693,725
2021	£1,117,493	£1,350,796
2022	£1,091,347	£1,339,610
2023	£1,217,038	£1,337,559
2024	£1,275,129	£1,370,551

What it does

What

Education/training

Who

Children/young PeopleThe General Public/mankind

How

Provides Services

Charitable objects

TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC GENERALLY IN RESPECT OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY IN ALL ITS BRANCHES AND, IN PARTICULAR, (WITHOUT DIMINISHING THAT GENERALITY) TO PROMOTE THE SAME BY ASSEMBLING AND PUTTING ON INTERACTIVE EXHIBITIONS OF EVERY KIND INCLUDING THE COMMISSIONING AND PROCURING OF THE THINGS TO BE EXHIBITED THEREAT.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 30TH OCTOBER 1987NOW ARTICLES ADOPTED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 20 NOV 2017

Trustees (5)

5trustees

49median age

1aged 70+

Dr Stephen Wilkinsage band 40-44 since 2021
Helen Featherstoneage band 50-54 since 2020
James Timothy Huardage band 45-49 since 2025
Ruth Mary Murrayage band 40-44 since 2026
Stephen Pizzeyage band 80-84

Linked company (Companies House)

Science Projects · 02186073 · Active

PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital) · incorporated 30/10/1987

3 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (1)

Curiosity Sussex 1 shared trustee

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