# SCIENCE MUSEUM FOUNDATION

## Details

- **Country:** England &amp; Wales
- **Charity number:** 1148691
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Company number:** [08156772](https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/08156772)
- **Registered:** Aug. 23, 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=1148691


## Contact

- **Address:** SCIENCE MUSEUM, EXHIBITION ROAD, LONDON
- **Postcode:** SW7 2DD
- **Phone:** 020 7942 4115
- **Email:** financeoperations@sciencemuseum.ac.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE, FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC, TO:4.1. ADVANCE THE PUBLIC’S KNOWLEDGE AND ENJOYMENT OF THE NMSI COLLECTIONS AND THEIR PRESERVATION;4.2. ADVANCE THE PUBLIC’S KNOWLEDGE AND ENJOYMENT OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY BY MEANS OF THE NMSI COLLECTIONS; 4.3. PROVIDE EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES AND SERVICES, INSTRUCTION AND INFORMATION TO THE PUBLIC IN RELATION TO THE NMSI COLLECTIONS; 4.4. SUPPORT THE CARE, PRESERVATION AND ENHANCEMENT OF THE NMSI COLLECTIONS AND RELATED RESEARCH; 4.5. SUPPORT THE EXHIBITION OF THE NMSI COLLECTIONS TO THE PUBLIC AND THE MAKING OF THE NMSI COLLECTIONS AVAILABLE TO PERSONS SEEKING TO INSPECT THEM IN CONNECTION WITH STUDY OR RESEARCH; AND4.6. TO SUPPORT THE FURTHERANCE OF SUCH OF THE PURPOSES OF NMSI AS SHALL BE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE BY PROVIDING FINANCIAL AND OTHER ASSISTANCE TO ENABLE NMSI OR ANY OTHER ORGANISATION (WHETHER ASSOCIATED WITH NMSI OR OTHERWISE) TO UNDERTAKE ACTIVITIES THAT ADVANCE SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES.

**Activities:** The primary goals of the Foundation are to raise funds for major capital projects to develop the museums within the Science Museum Group, along with other projects that support the Foundation&#x27;s charitable objectives, and to receive donations and hold funds in anticipation of grant requests to enable such projects to be undertaken.




## Classification

- **How:** Makes Grants To Organisations
- **What:** Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science
- **Who:** The General Public/mankind



## Geography

- Throughout England And Wales





## Trustees

| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| Alex Stitt |  | Nov. 30, 2023 |
| Bridget Natalie Blyth |  | Oct. 28, 2025 |
| Carl Wesley Stewart |  | Aug. 18, 2022 |
| DR BOB COWELL |  | March 8, 2016 |
| David James Bennett |  | May 11, 2020 |
| David Jeffrey Meek |  | April 30, 2022 |
| David Joseph Jacob |  | Jan. 27, 2018 |
| Natasha Kaplinsky |  | Feb. 20, 2024 |
| Nicole Ronson Allalouf |  | Nov. 6, 2020 |
| Simon Reid |  | Oct. 8, 2025 |




