CATALYST SCIENCE DISCOVERY CENTRE AND MUSEUM TRUST LIMITED

Registered charity 518850 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CATALYST: SCIENCE DISCOVERY CENTRE, HALTON CHEMICAL INDUSTRY MUSEUM TRUST LIMITED

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Latest income

£861k

Latest spending

£906k

Registered

1987

We have not yet analysed this charity’s accounts. Register data shown below.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Total income

£861k

Total spending

£906k

Cost of raising funds

£106k

Reserves (reported)

£141k

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~1.9 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Register events

Received assets from another charity (22/09/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees

HUGH GORDON DOWDINGchair
BRYAN WILLIAM DAVIES
Danielle Jeaneane Ryder
Dr DIANA LEITCH
Dr DONALD WESTWOOD
Dr MICHAEL ROBERT PITTS
HOWARD HOPWOOD
JAMES THOMAS TIERNAN
JAY MARK WIEGAND
Jennifer Wilson Hart
KEVAN PETER WAINWRIGHT
LUKE GERARD WILLIAMS
MELISSA MARY LORD
Stephanie Davies · trustee of 1 other charity
Timothy John Hughes

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

Operates in: Halton

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£861k	£906k
31/03/2024	£606k	£739k
31/03/2023	£571k	£711k
31/03/2022	£530k	£605k
31/03/2021	£614k	£465k

Common questions

Who funds CATALYST SCIENCE DISCOVERY CENTRE AND MUSEUM TRUST LIMITED?

Funders whose own accounts filings name CATALYST SCIENCE DISCOVERY CENTRE AND MUSEUM TRUST LIMITED as a grant recipient include BARNSBURY CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Funder	Year	Amount
BARNSBURY CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2025	£5k

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	14/09/2022	£1.1m	"The Synergy Project"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	20/07/2020	£9k	"Covid19: Catalyst Science Discovery Centre and Museum Trust Ltd"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	30/10/2017	£60k	"Catalyst: Past, Present, Future"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	23/09/2015	£47k	"Panoramic Observations: around Halton in 360 degrees"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	21/03/1995	£250k	"Catalyst - The Museum of the Chemical Industry, Widnes"