# SENSE ABOUT SCIENCE

## Details

- **Country:** England &amp; Wales
- **Charity number:** 1146170
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Company number:** [06771027](https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/06771027)
- **Registered:** Feb. 29, 2012
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&amp;p_p_lifecycle=0&amp;p_p_state=maximized&amp;p_p_mode=view&amp;_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1146170


## Contact

- **Address:** Sense about Science, 41 Portland Place, LONDON
- **Postcode:** W1B 1QH
- **Phone:** 020 7490 9590
- **Email:** hello@senseaboutscience.org
- **Website:** http://www.senseaboutscience.org/



## Activities

**Objects:** 1 TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN ANY BRANCH OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH (INCLUDING SOCIAL SCIENCE) AND IN PARTICULAR BY THE DISSEMINATION OF SUCH RESEARCH AND USEFUL INFORMATION ABOUT SUCH RESEARCH.2 TO PROMOTE (FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY) THE KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING OF THE PUBLIC OF, AND TO STIMULATE THE INTEREST OF THE PUBLIC IN, THE CREATION, PRESENTATION AND USE OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH.

**Activities:** Provide advice on scientific matters to the media, policymakers, the general public and others.Produce educational materials on scientific issues for the public as well as medical professionals and others.Respond to misleading or false information by providing the public with relevant scientific evidence.Promote the importance of independent scientific advice for public policy.




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Advocacy/advice/information, Sponsors Or Undertakes Research, Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body
- **What:** Education/training
- **Who:** Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies, The General Public/mankind



## Geography

- Ireland
- Scotland
- Throughout England And Wales





## Trustees

| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| Alessandro Allegra |  | Nov. 8, 2025 |
| Catherine Guinard |  | July 23, 2025 |
| Dr Maria Ulrika Fonjallaz Bjorksten |  | Nov. 28, 2023 |
| James Wren |  | March 15, 2018 |
| Michael Alan Conradi |  | June 22, 2023 |
| Prof Robin Howard Lovell-Badge |  | March 5, 2014 |
| Professor Lesley Yellowlees |  | Nov. 28, 2023 |
| Professor Nicole Grobert |  | July 22, 2025 |
| Professor Paul Garner |  | Jan. 4, 2023 |
| Professor Willem van Saarloos |  | Nov. 18, 2021 |
| Russ Tucker |  | July 22, 2025 |
| Shaoni Bhattacharya |  | Feb. 12, 2024 |
| Simon Denegri OBE |  | July 1, 2025 |




