NATIONAL SPACE CENTRE

1. NATIONAL SPACE CENTRE 2010-09-02 → present
2. NATIONAL SPACE SCIENCE CENTRE 1997-12-18 → 2010-09-02

Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers

Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.

Accounting basis

FRS 102

Reporting scope

Consolidated group

Auditor

Sayer Vincent LLP

Audit opinion

Unqualified (clean)

Going concern

Affirmed

“Given the uncertainties relating to the global economic outlook and cost-of-living increases, our assessment of the Group as a going concern has been arrived at following a thorough review of the business environment and our financial resilience. We have prepared detailed financial projections to forecast the Group's financial performance and cash flow position under a variety of possible scenarios, all of which indicate that we should have adequate cash balances to be able to continue to trade as a going concern for at least 12 months following the date of this report. Whilst uncertainty exists, the Trustees believe that this does not pose a material uncertainty that would cast doubt on the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. The trustees consider it appropriate for the accounts to be prepared on a going concern basis.”

Group structure

1. NATIONAL SPACE CENTRE · parent
   1. NSSC Operations Limited 1% · England and Wales · Operation of National Space Centre
   2. NSSC Property Limited 1% · England and Wales · Dormant

Significant events

• “With effect from 1st January 2025, and following an extensive governance review, a revised governance model has been implemented. National Space Centre runs its charitable activities, and its trading subsidiary (NSSC Operations Ltd) runs its non-charitable activities. Profits from the latter will be gifted to The Charity to help further its charitable objectives.”

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

Filings

6

last 12 months

Capital events

0

last 24 months

Officers appointed

1

last 12 months

Officers resigned

2

last 12 months

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

• Turnover

  -0.5%

  £3,309,132 → £3,293,882

• Cash

  +19.5%

  £1,670,778 → £1,996,415

• Net assets

  -3%

  £28,162,401 → £27,306,350

• Employees

  +1.6%

  190 → 193

• Operating profit

  -32.2%

  -£657,170 → -£869,091

• Profit before tax

  -35.7%

  -£630,666 → -£856,051

• Wages

  +10.2%

  £4,174,350 → £4,602,030

Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers