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Description
Promote for the benefit of the public accurate, evidence-based information on science and engineering in the media, particularly on controversial news stories. Activities include working with scientists and engineers, supporting them to engage with the media; working with journalists, providing them with information about science; supporting press officers working on difficult science news stories
Also known as
- Science Media Centre
- SMC
CCEW Charity number
Company number
Registered
Postcode
NW1 2BE
Website
Latest income
£752,419 (on )
This organisation record is based on data from Registered charities in England and Wales published by Charity Commission for England and Wales.
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- sciencemediacentre.org
- Charity Commission England and Wales
- CharityBase
- Giving is Great
- Companies House
- Opencorporates
- Wikipedia: Science Media Centre
Twitter, Facebook and Wikipedia links from Wikidata
This organisation record is part of a group of linked records that describe a single organisation. The organisation is linked to 2 active records and 0 inactive records, from 2 data sources.
What is an organisation identifier?
An organisation identifier is a unique piece of text that definitively identifies an organisation.
Examples include charity numbers and company numbers.
Identifiers are usually assigned by an external body like a regulator.
Findthatcharity uses the Org ID scheme to create identifiers.
GB-CHC gives the scheme for this identifier (Charity Commission), while 1140827 is the identifier for this organisation within the scheme.
Science Media Centre (this record)
This organisation has been classified using different categories:
International Classification of Non-profit and Third Sector Organizations (ICNP/TSO)
ICNP/TSO categories have been automatically assigned from a machine learning model, as part of the UK Charity Classification project.
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Scientific research and testing services
K10
UK Charity Activity Tags
These tags are taken from a project to classify all UK charities using a common set of tags. The tags are applied using keyword searching, so may be incorrect for particular cases.
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Research
RS» ScienceRS103
Theme (CCEW)
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General Charitable Purposes
101 -
Education/training
102 -
Arts/culture/heritage/science
109
Beneficiaries (CCEW)
-
Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
205 -
Other Defined Groups
206 -
The General Public/mankind
207
Activities (CCEW)
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Provides Services
306 -
Provides Advocacy/advice/information
307 -
Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body
309
Scale of operation
- National
| Year ending | Income (£) | Spending (£) |
|---|---|---|
| 2011-03-18 |
Registered as a charity |
|
| 2012-03-31 | 740,295 | 461,358 |
| 2013-03-31 | 591,884 | 532,747 |
| 2014-03-31 | 594,549 | 495,120 |
| 2015-03-31 | 520,815 | 508,669 |
| 2016-03-31 | 576,335 | 520,957 |
| 2017-03-31 | 561,371 | 543,942 |
| 2018-03-31 | 626,809 | 554,847 |
| 2019-03-31 | 579,773 | 553,761 |
| 2020-03-31 | 584,908 | 545,114 |
| 2021-03-31 | 722,170 | 595,209 |
| 2022-03-31 | 682,047 | 661,360 |
| 2023-03-31 | 752,419 | 730,918 |
Data on funds and reserves are only available for financial years where the charity's income was more than £500,000.
| 2023 £ |
2022 £ |
|
|---|---|---|
| Employees | 10 | 10 |
| Employees paid more than £60,000 | 2 | 2 |
| Volunteers | - | - |
| Trustees | 10 |
Data on employees is only available for financial years where the charity's income was more than £500,000.
Statement of financial activities for year ended .
Based on information provided to the Charity Commission for England and Wales in the charity's annual return. This may not exactly match the figures and categories supplied in the charity's annual accounts.
| 2023 £000s |
2022
£000s |
|
|---|---|---|
| Incoming resources | ||
| Donations and other voluntary income | 724.3 | 643.3 |
| Legacies | - | - |
| Endowments | - | - |
| Donations and legacies | 724.3 | 643.3 |
| Income from charitable activities | 25.0 | 38.7 |
| Income from other trading activities | - | - |
| Income from investments | 3.1 | 0.1 |
| Other income | - | - |
| Total | 752.4 | 682.0 |
| Expenditure | ||
| Investment management | - | - |
| Other spending on raising funds | 46.9 | 42.6 |
| Spending on raising funds | 46.9 | 42.6 |
| Grants to institutions | - | - |
| Other charitable activities | 684.1 | 618.8 |
| Charitable activities | 684.1 | 618.8 |
| Other spending | - | - |
| Total | 730.9 | 661.4 |
| Net income / (expenditure) | 21.5 | 20.7 |
Balance sheet at .
Based on information provided to the Charity Commission for England and Wales in the charity's annual return. This may not exactly match the figures and categories supplied in the charity's annual accounts.
| 2023 £000s |
2022
£000s |
|
|---|---|---|
| Fixed assets | ||
| Tangible and intangible assets | 169.7 | 171.5 |
| Investment assets | - | - |
| 169.7 | 171.5 | |
| Current assets | ||
| Current investment assets | - | - |
| Cash | 595.8 | 666.4 |
| Other current assets | 137.6 | 69.4 |
| 733.4 | 735.8 | |
| Creditors | ||
| Amounts falling due within one year | (44.2) | (68.1) |
| Net current assets | 689.1 | 667.6 |
| Total assets less current liabilities | 858.9 | 839.1 |
| Creditors | ||
| Amounts falling due after one year | - | - |
| Net assets | 858.9 | 839.1 |
| Funds | ||
| Endowment funds | - | - |
| Restricted funds | 3.3 | 10.0 |
| Unrestricted funds | 855.6 | 829.1 |
| 858.9 | 839.1 | |
| 2023 £ |
2022 £ |
|
|---|---|---|
| Contracts with government | ||
| None recorded | ||
| Government grants | ||
| Income from government grants | 138,500 | 150,000 |
| Government grants as % of total income | 18.4% | 22.0% |
| Number of government grants | 7 | 11 |
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