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Finance Score: -4
Governance Score: 5
Support Score: 7
  • Liabilities <10%: +3
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • Fundraising costs high: -5
  • 12+ Trustees: -1
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +7
Overall GiG Score: 8 ?

NATIONAL SPACE CENTRE 

OPERATION OF A VISITOR ATTRACTION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION IN RELATION TO SPACE.PROVISION OF EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMES
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Positives:

  • This charity has a robust balance sheet
  • Spending has increased over the last 3 years relative to the previous period, despite a decline more recently
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • One or more trustees receive benefits from the charity
  • There are 15 trustees whereas the Charities Commission recommends a maximum of 12

Financial issues to consider:

  • On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending
  • Fundraising costs are extremely high relative to funds raised
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Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k		 Spending
£k		 Surplus/
Deficit		 Fundraising
Cost £k		 Total
Funds £k		 Unrestricted
Funds £k		 Mths
Rsrvs		 Staff Volun-
teers
31/12/22£7,214£7,469£-255£2,157£28,793£6,0539.71740
26/12/21£6,290£5,726£564£1,240£24,690£2,6615.61480
27/12/20£5,415£5,979£-564£896£24,125£2,6145.21890
29/12/19*£8,542£7,349£1,193£1,659£24,689£3,65561960
30/12/18£6,167£7,031£-864£1,555£23,546£3,50761900
31/12/17?£6,523£6,603£-80£1,514£24,490£3,4876.31660
27/12/15£5,966£6,247£-281£245£24,664£3,10261100
28/12/14£5,618£5,656£-38£246£24,894£2,7075.71050
29/12/13£4,963£4,964£-1£191£24,932£2,0474.9970
30/12/12?£396£752£-356£0£0£0n/a00
02/01/11£344£1,627£-1,284£0£0£0n/a00
03/01/10£126£1,719£-1,593£0£0£0n/a00
28/12/08£45£1,558£-1,513£0£0£0n/a00
30/12/07£183£1,618£-1,435£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/06*£464£2,151£-1,687£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/05*£110£1,662£-1,552£0£0£0n/a00
26/12/04*£0£2,619£-2,619£0£0£0n/a00
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Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 50.3%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 28.9%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 5%
Highest pay band: £110,000-£120,000
Liabilities/Assets: 9%
Liabilities/Income: 39%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 21%
Reserves/Spending: 9.7 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 4 months
Quick Ratio: 2.2
Asset Split ?
Established: 24 years
(26 years as a company)

www.spacecentre.co.uk

jenniferb@spacecentre.co.uk

0116 2582115

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Education/Training
GiG Classification
  • Other facilities management and maintenance
How it operates
  • Acts as an umbrella or resource body
  • Makes Grants to Organisations
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides human resources
Where it operates
  • Northern Ireland, Norway, Scotland, South Africa, Throughout England And Wales,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • 174 employees

Who's supporting them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following significant donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Major supporters in last 5 years
Garfield Weston Foundation£500,000
Wolfson Foundation£235,000
The Foyle Foundation£150,000
DCMS£78,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months		 To be used for
Garfield Weston Foundation - Major Grants award
£500,000 12/03/2021
Education & Community Engagement Recovery Programme
DCMS - CRF21: National Space Centre
£78,000 08/03/2021
Culture Recovery Fund for Heritage 2020-21
Wolfson Foundation - Grant to National Space Centre
£235,000 11/06/2020
Exhibition, workshop and live presentation facility. Grant converted to unrestricted funding in June 2020 in response to Covid-19 pandemic.
The Foyle Foundation - Learning (MGS)
£150,000 28/11/2019
towards capital improvements to the science centre
Wolfson Foundation - Grant to National Space Centre
£120,000 14/06/2018
Britain's Space Race gallery

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (15)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 14/15 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 44-73
  • PAUL BATE Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Chief Executive
  • GARY MOSS Appointed: 2014, Occupation: Brand Consultant
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 10/01/2000, number: 1078832
  • Registered at Companies House on 18/12/1997, number: 03485236
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Paying staff
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Filing Record
17 returns made; AR19: 26 days late, AR06: 33 days late, AR05: 105 days late, AR04: 15 days late,
Recent reorganisation events:
  • Asset transfer in from BROXBOURNE EDUCATIONAL CHARITY on 01/12/2023
Main office

National Space Centre
Exploration Drive
LEICESTER
LE4 5NS

Objectives

THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY IN RELATION TO SPACE AND PLANETARY SCIENCE, ASTROMOMY AND TECHNOLOGY AND THEIR SIGNIFICANCE TO LIFE ON EARTH

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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