# CATALYST SCIENCE DISCOVERY CENTRE AND MUSEUM TRUST LIMITED

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 518850
- **Other names:** HALTON CHEMICAL INDUSTRY MUSEUM TRUST LIMITED, CATALYST: SCIENCE DISCOVERY CENTRE
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Registered:** July 6, 1987
- **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=518850


## Contact

- **Address:** Halton Chemical Industry Museum, Trust, Catalyst Museum, Mersey Road, WIDNES
- **Postcode:** WA8 0DF
- **Phone:** 01514201121
- **Email:** info@catalyst.org.uk
- **Website:** www.catalyst.org.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS ("OBJECTS") ARE SPECIFICALLY RESTRICTED TO RAISING AWARENESS OF AND INCREASING PUBLIC KNOWLEDGE OF CHEMISTRY AND BIOCHEMISTRY AND OTHER RELATED SCIENCES AND THEIR MATERIALS PROCESSES AND PRODUCTS WITH A PARTICULAR EMPHASIS ON EDUCATION OF YOUNG PEOPLE THROUGH THE DEVELOPMENT AND MAINTENANCE OF A SCIENCE CENTRE/MUSEUM - PLACED WITHIN A HISTORICAL CONTEXT AND WITH PARTICULAR REFERENCE TO THE LOCALITY. THE AIM IS TO PROMOTE, ORGANISE, SPONSOR AND INAUGURATE SUCH ACTIVITIES AND FUNCTIONS AS MAY FROM TIME TO TIME BE CONSIDERED NECESSARY OR DESIRABLE FOR THE ATTAINMENT OF ALL OR ANY ASPECTS OF THE ABOVE OBJECTS.

**Activities:** Science Discovery Centre and Museum

**Area of benefit:** NOT DEFINED




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Services
- **What:** Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science
- **Who:** Children/young People, The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Halton



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 31, 2025 | £860799 | £905730 | £826076 | 30 |
| March 31, 2024 | £606234 | £739243 | £871007 | 34 |
| March 31, 2023 | £570964 | £711270 | £1004016 | 25 |
| March 31, 2022 | £529563 | £604610 | £1144320 | 20 |
| March 31, 2021 | £614276 | £464868 | £1219367 | 18 |



## Trustees

- **HUGH GORDON DOWDING** (Chair) — appointed April 25, 2023
- BRYAN WILLIAM DAVIES — appointed Oct. 27, 2023
- Dr DIANA LEITCH — appointed March 5, 2013
- Dr DONALD WESTWOOD — appointed March 31, 2016
- Dr MICHAEL ROBERT PITTS
- HOWARD HOPWOOD — appointed March 4, 2013
- JAMES THOMAS TIERNAN — appointed Feb. 24, 2026
- JAY MARK WIEGAND — appointed Feb. 2, 2023
- Jennifer Wilson Hart — appointed Nov. 8, 2022
- KEVAN PETER WAINWRIGHT — appointed Feb. 2, 2023
- MELISSA MARY LORD — appointed Feb. 7, 2017
- NOEL HUTCHINSON — appointed Feb. 22, 2022
- Stephanie Davies — appointed Nov. 25, 2013
- Timothy John Hughes — appointed Oct. 8, 2024