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Activities & Mission

The primary goals of the Foundation are to raise funds for major capital projects to develop the museums within the Science Museum Group, along with other projects that support the Foundation's charitable objectives, and to receive donations and hold funds in anticipation of grant requests to enable such projects to be undertaken.

Fundraising

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Financial Information

Latest Income
£931,453
Latest Expenditure
£8,430,417

Financial Efficiency

Program Ratio 887.5%
% of income going directly to charitable activities
Overall Efficiency 98.1%
% of expenditure going to programs (vs overhead)
Administrative Ratio 2.0%
Overhead (fundraising + governance) as % of total expenditure

Latest Financial Breakdown

Income Sources

Donations & Legacies £50,295
Charitable Activities £0
Other Trading £0
Investments £881,158
Other Income £0

Expenditure Categories

Charitable Expenditure £8,266,687
Raising Funds £163,730
Governance £7,950
Grants to Institutions £8,250,000
Other Expenditure £0

Financial Trend

Annual Returns

Financial YearIncomeExpenditureCharitable SpendingNet AssetsReservesStaff
2024£931,453£8,430,417£8,266,687£36,538,414£656,1250 / 0
2023£5,932,172£1,595,828£1,548,739£39,565,637£622,7870 / 0
2022£294,574£60,2120 / 0
2021£603,775£139,332£138,826£33,819,678£00 / 0
2020£779,718£136,505£135,940£27,185,188£620,8150 / 0

Staff column shows: Employees / Volunteers

Details

Address
SCIENCE MUSEUM
EXHIBITION ROAD
LONDON
SW7 2DD
Registration Date
23 August 2012
Status
Registered

Registry Information

Organisation Number
5030366
Charity Number
1148691

Trustees

DR BOB COWELL
David Joseph Jacob
David James Bennett
Nicole Ronson Allalouf
David Jeffrey Meek
Ajit Lalvani
Carl Wesley Stewart
Natasha Kaplinsky
Alex Stitt