GLASGOW SCIENCE CENTRE LIMITED

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  4 officer resignations in last 12 months

  Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.

1. GLASGOW SCIENCE CENTRE LIMITED 1998-06-18 → present
2. COMLAW NO. 463 LIMITED 1998-03-31 → 1998-06-18

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

Standalone (parent only)

Auditor

Thomson Cooper Accountants

Audit opinion

Unqualified (clean)

Going concern

Affirmed

“The Trustees are of the opinion, due to the level of unrestricted funds currently held, the actions taken and planned as part of the organisational change process to reduce the budgeted operating deficit in 2025/26 and beyond, that the charity can be considered as a going concern.”

Group structure

1. GLASGOW SCIENCE CENTRE LIMITED · parent
   1. Glasgow Science Centre (Trading) Limited

Significant events

• “Approved the adoption of the Scottish Living Wage from 1 April 2025.”
• “Commenced an organisational change process (including the roll out of an Organisational Change Policy) to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of our staffing base.”
• “Updated the voluntary trade union agreement with Unite, increasing the number of representatives and introducing a more regular meeting schedule.”
• “Equality impact assessments have been undertaken to ensure all of our policies and procedures are free from inequality.”
• “Continued the delivery of an improved staff induction process including a series of e-learning courses, in-person organisational induction days and the introduction of a "buddy" scheme.”
• “Created a suite of guidance and supportive mechanisms for staff going through the menopause, including a support group, material available on our e-learning site, and signposting of external agencies who can offer further support.”
• “Supported the introduction of an employee led/informal LGBTQI+ forum.”
• “Retaining the internationally recognised eco-certification, Green Key, for a second year.”
• “Winners of the prestigious Climate Action Award at the Scottish Thistle Regional Awards and National Finals.”
• “Undertaking maintenance programmes to improve energy efficiency of plant and equipment, including replacement of inefficient parts.”
• “Recycling or composting 46% of our overall waste reducing the proportion of general waste that we dispose of.”
• “Delivering public engagement activities focusing on flood management, biodiversity loss, active travel, derelict land and sustainable energy.”
• “Working with neighbours to organise and participate in, alongside schools and the wider public, community sustainability projects, such as organised litter-picks.”
• “During the year the original funding contracts for the creation of the Glasgow Science Centre were concluded including the removal of the bond and floating charges held by Millennium Commission and Scottish Enterprise Glasgow over the assets off the Company as security for this funding.”

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

Filings

7

last 12 months

Capital events

0

last 24 months

Officers appointed

1

last 12 months

Officers resigned

4

last 12 months

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

• Turnover

  —

  Not reported

• Cash

  -50.7%

  £2,590,070 → £1,275,765

• Net assets

  -24.2%

  £16,691,122 → £12,657,219

• Employees

  -7.5%

  174 → 161

• Operating profit

  -26.4%

  -£3,205,635 → -£4,050,532

• Profit before tax

  -26.6%

  -£3,185,943 → -£4,033,903

• Wages

  +3.2%

  £3,557,772 → £3,672,650

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