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THE SCIENCE COUNCIL

Registered charity 1131661 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Science Council is a membership organisation of 35 learned societies and professional bodies in the UK from across science and its applications. The Science Council awards the professional qualifications of Chartered Scientist, Chartered Science Teacher, Registered Scientist and Registered Science Technician and provides a mechanism for the sector to work collectively.

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Latest income
£1.1m
Latest spending
£1.1m
Registered
2009
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity ended the year with a modest surplus of £31,344 and total unrestricted reserves of £686,485. Per the trustees' report, reserves remain above the agreed upper threshold of the reserves policy, and the business model relies heavily on registration fees which are growing or stable.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Registration renewal fees (43% of income)
“Registration renewal fees 467,931”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: £351,000 - £594,000 (held: £686k)
“For 2025 the range was set between £351,000 and £594,000.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Kreston Reeves Audit LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)

Total income
£1.1m
Total spending
£1.1m
Reserves (reported)
£681k
Employees
16

Reported reserves equal ~7.7 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (82% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£1.1m£1.1m
31/12/2024£972k£897k
31/12/2023£911k£1.0m
31/12/2022£925k£1.0m
31/12/2021£888k£924k

Common questions

Is THE SCIENCE COUNCIL financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity ended the year with a modest surplus of £31,344 and total unrestricted reserves of £686,485. Per the trustees' report, reserves remain above the agreed upper threshold of the reserves policy, and the business model relies heavily on registration fees which are growing or stable. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Kreston Reeves Audit LLP.

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
THE ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY BOARD1£11.8m
THE JULIA RAUSING TRUST1£1.4m
THE SINO-BRITISH FELLOWSHIP TRUST1£231k
NESTA1£80k
THE SPECTRIS FOUNDATION1£65k
THE JOHN S COHEN FOUNDATION1£18k
THE RAYNE FOUNDATION1£16k
ROYAL COMMISSION FOR THE EXHIBITION OF 18511£15k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE ENGINEERING COUNCIL.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE SCIENCE COUNCIL£1.1m——above—no doubt
THE ENGINEERING COUNCIL FY2024£3.5m£150,001 - £160,000—unclear—no doubt
THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF CHEMISTRY FY2024£73.4m—211below—no doubt
THE ASSOCIATION FOR SCIENCE AND DISCOVERY CENTRES FY2025£657kBetween £40,000 and £50,0000unclear—no doubt
THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF LONDON FOR IMPROVING NATURAL KNOWLEDGE (COMMONLY KNOWN AS THE ROYAL SOCIETY) FY2025£157.6m—52above—no doubt
The Society for Cardiac Science and Technology LTD FY2024£193k—0above—no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.