Finance Score: -5

Governance Score: 8

Support Score: 6

Poor Liquidity: -1
Deficit on unrestricted reserves: -2
Multiple Deficits: -2

No conflicts policy: -1
Good trustee age range: +3
Dynamic board: +3
Gender balanced board: +3

Grant maker support: +6

Overall GiG Score: 9

CAMBRIDGE SCIENCE CENTRE

The Cambridge Science Centre develops and hosts STEM-themed exhibitions and programmes. We aim to inspire broader public participation in tall STEM topics and to improve public accessibility to current research. We achieve this through hands-on exhibits and workshops, school visits, pop-up science engagements, evening programming for adults and supporting on-line content.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy
Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

Liquidity appears to have been slender at the latest year end
There was a deficit on unrestricted reserves of £68,614 at the last year end after deducting the value of own use assets
On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending

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		£669	£850	£-181	£99	£0	£-69	-1	18	10
31/12/21		£622	£604	£18	£84	£182	£57	1.1	17	0
31/12/20	*	£554	£628	£-74	£112	£164	£124	2.4	15	15
31/12/19	*	£743	£684	£60	£90	£238	£180	3.2	26	8
31/12/18		£908	£826	£82	£161	£178	£147	2.1	18	40
31/12/17		£812	£900	£-88	£81	£96	£28	0.4	18	0
31/12/16		£1,017	£1,041	£-24	£21	£184	£96	1.1	31	0
31/12/15?	*	£448	£682	£-234	£47	£480	£395	7	16	0
31/03/14		£496	£401	£94	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/13		£531	£290	£241	£38	£241	£241	10	5	0

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Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 16.6%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 11.6%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 100%
Liabilities/Income: 37%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: -15559%
Reserves/Spending: -1 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 1 months
Quick Ratio: 0.9

Asset Split ?

Established: 12 years

http://www.cambridgesciencecentre.org

info@cambridgesciencecentre.org

01223967965

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Tweets

Listed activities

Education/Training

GiG Classification

Scientific research and testing services

How it operates

Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Provides services

Where it operates

Cambridgeshire, Central Bedfordshire, Essex, Herefordshire, Lincolnshire, Luton, Milton Keynes, Norfolk, Peterborough City, Suffolk,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

18 employees
10 volunteers

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.

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
The Foyle Foundation - Learning (MGS)
£35,000	07/02/2023	towards ongoing costs over the next 12 months
National Lottery Community Fund - Cambridge Innovative Early Years Community Hub
£10,000	13/01/2023	The funding will be used to run a ‘pop-up' parent and child (0-5) Community Hub to help enable children to engage in exploratory play activities that are purposefully designed to encourage and ....more The funding will be used to run a ‘pop-up' parent and child (0-5) Community Hub to help enable children to engage in exploratory play activities that are purposefully designed to encourage and support parents to interact with their children. The project aims to enhance the wellbeing of the parents and children and build relationships across community groups through the shared experiences of their children.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (2 Years) award
£50,000	14/02/2018	COSMOS Programme

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (11)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Based on 10/11 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 42-70

CHRIS LENNARD Appointed: 2015, Occupation: Business Consultant

AMY JOANNE WEATHERUP Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Consultant

BRUNO FRANCISCO VALENTE COTTA Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Managing Director

DOUGLASS CUFF Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Commercial Real Estate

DR JASON ALEXANDER MELLAD Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Ceo Of Start Codon Limited

HARRIET EMMA FEAR Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Company Director

AMANDA HAZELL EAST Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Director Of Small Residential Letting Company

DAVID DOUGLAS CLEEVELY Appointed: 2012, Occupation: Company Director

DR LUCINDA JANE SPOKES Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Head Of Public Engagement

JAMES JOHN PAUL MARSH Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Solicitor, Other trusteeship: THE WILDLIFE TRUST FOR BEDFORDSHIRE CAMBRIDGESHIRE NORTHAMPTONSHIRE,

JONATHAN ILAN DRORI Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Author, Other trusteeships: THE HAROLD HYAM WINGATE FOUNDATION, THE EDEN TRUST, RASPBERRY PI FOUNDATION,

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 13/03/2012, number: 1146349
Registered at Companies House on 23/02/2012, number: 07962584

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Complaints handling
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Volunteer management

Filing Record

10 returns made; AR20: 3 days late, AR19: 23 days late, AR15: 39 days late,

Main office

Cambridge Science Centre
44 Clifton Road
CAMBRIDGE
CB1 7ED

Objectives

1) THE CHARITY IS ESTABLISHED FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY THROUGHOUT THE WORLD, AND IN PARTICULAR, BUT WITHOUT LIMITATION TO ADVANCE AND DEVELOP: I) THE PUBLIC UNDERSTANDING OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY IN PRINCIPLE AND APPLICATION;II) PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT IN SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNOLOGICAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC DISCOURSE IN PARTICULAR AS RELATES TO PUBLIC POLICY AND ETHICS; III) AND, PUBLIC ACCESS TO SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS IN THE CITY OF CAMBRIDGE AND EAST ANGLIA.2) THE CHARITY SHALL ALSO ADVANCE SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES, WHICH ARE BENEFICIAL TO THE PUBLIC AND WHICH ARE CONSISTENT WITH THE OBJECTS STATED ABOVE, AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION DETERMINE.

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