# SCIENCE MEDIA CENTRE

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1140827
- **Other names:** SMC
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Registered:** March 18, 2011
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=maximized&p_p_mode=view&_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1140827


## Contact

- **Address:** 215 EUSTON ROAD, LONDON
- **Postcode:** NW1 2BE
- **Phone:** 0207 611 8300
- **Email:** smc@sciencemediacentre.org
- **Website:** www.sciencemediacentre.org



## Activities

**Objects:** TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING AND ALL THEIR RELATED BRANCHES AND DISCIPLINES, PARTICULARLY BY THE DISSEMINATION OF RESEARCH AND INFORMATION ABOUT SCIENCE TO THE MEDIA.

**Activities:** 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




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Services, Provides Advocacy/advice/information, Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body
- **What:** General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science
- **Who:** Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies, Other Defined Groups, The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Throughout England And Wales



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 31, 2025 | £774832 | £867876 | £770731 | 12 |
| March 31, 2024 | £784201 | £796398 | £867354 | 11 |
| March 31, 2023 | £752419 | £730918 | £858867 | 10 |
| March 31, 2022 | £682047 | £661360 | £839100 | 10 |
| March 31, 2021 | £722170 | £595209 | £808179 | 10 |



## Trustees

- **Nicholas James Hillier** (Chair) — appointed Oct. 14, 2021
- AMANDA BORTON — appointed Oct. 20, 2022
- Alex Keenlyside — appointed Oct. 8, 2020
- Alice Claire Henchley — appointed Oct. 14, 2021
- Ashlee Khan — appointed Oct. 15, 2025
- James Stephenson — appointed Oct. 15, 2025
- Joanne Manning — appointed Oct. 14, 2021
- John Davidson — appointed June 19, 2019
- Jonathan Bruun — appointed Oct. 8, 2020
- Prof Azra Catherine Hilary Ghani — appointed Oct. 31, 2023
- Prof Peter John Morland Openshaw — appointed Oct. 23, 2024
- Professor Charlotte Summers — appointed Oct. 23, 2024
- Richard Douglas Fisher — appointed Oct. 31, 2023