Science Museum shops: who owns it, who runs it and what the accounts show
SCMG Enterprises Limited's person with significant control on the Companies House register is The Board Of Trustees Of The Science Museum. In the year to March 2026 SCMG Enterprises Limited reported turnover of £20m.
Newer accounts are out. Science Museum shops filed accounts for the year to 31 March 2026 at Companies House on 3 November 2026 (read them). This page still shows the year to 31 March 2026 and will be updated to the new figures. Checked 9 November 2026.
- In the year to March 2026, Science Museum shops had turnover of £20m, down 1.7% on the year before.
- It made a pre-tax profit of £3m.
- SCMG Enterprises employs most of the Science Museum Group's staff: of its 929 full-time equivalent employees, 817 work for the museums and their £37.1m cost is recharged to the parent charity, so staff costs of £44.4m are more than double its £19.6m turnover. Cash at bank fell to £3.9m because £6.0m was moved into short-term deposits, shown separately; the two together were £9.9m (accounts to 31 March 2026, pp. 8, 18 and 24).
- It employed an average of 929 people, with staff costs of £44m.
- These figures are from SCMG Enterprises Limited's accounts for the year to March 2026, filed at Companies House on 3 November 2026.
- Registered name
- SCMG ENTERPRISES LIMITED
- Company number
- 02196149
- Status
- Active
- Incorporated
- 19 November 1987
- Registered office area
- South West London
- Industry code on the register
- 47190: Retail trade
- Accounts
- Single company accounts, this company only
- Accounts type
- Full accounts
- Latest accounts
- Year to March 2026, filed 3 November 2026
What does Science Museum shops do?
SCMG Enterprises is the trading company of the Science Museum Group, running shops, catering and other commercial services across its museums. It operates across the Science Museum, National Railway Museum, National Science and Media Museum, Science and Industry Museum and Locomotion. Its income comes from on-site and online retail, cinemas and simulators, catering, corporate hire, brand licensing, image sales and publishing. Set up in 1988, it is wholly owned by the Group and its profits support the museums.
In brief: trading arm of the Science Museum Group · shops, catering and cinemas · corporate hire and licensing · founded 1988
Source: Spark Intel editorial, checked 27 September 2026. Official website: sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk.
Who owns Science Museum shops?
The Companies House register records The Board Of Trustees Of The Science Museum as the person with significant control of SCMG Enterprises Limited, company number 02196149.
The register names an individual, not a company, as its controller.
The full ownership record is on the Companies House register. Control is given in the bands the register uses, not as exact shareholdings.
Who runs Science Museum shops?
The Companies House register lists 3 current officers for SCMG Enterprises Limited.
All 3 current officers
| Officer | Appointed |
|---|---|
| Sir Ian Craig Blatchford | 2 November 2010 |
| Shri Mukundagiri | 1 March 2020 |
| Nicolas Michel Sebastien Raynaud | 26 March 2025 |
Every current officer, with appointment dates, is on the Companies House register.
What did Science Museum shops file?
SCMG Enterprises Limited reported turnover of £20m in the year to March 2026. That was down 1.7% on £20m the year before.
It reported 929 employees. The year before it reported 912.
It filed a pre-tax profit of £3m for the year, against a pre-tax profit of £4m the year before.
Staff costs came to £44m. That is an average of £48,000 a head. It ended the year with £4m at the bank and net assets of £3m.
| Measure | Mar 2026 | Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £20m | £20m |
| Pre-tax profit | £3m (filed) | £4m (filed) |
| Employees | 929 | 912 |
| Staff costs | £44m | £41m |
| Average staff cost per head | £48,000 | £45,000 |
| Bank and cash | £4m | £9m |
| Net assets | £3m | £3m |
| Interest received | £0.2m | |
| Directors' pay | £0.2m |
What these figures cover: SCMG Enterprises employs most of the Science Museum Group's staff: of its 929 full-time equivalent employees, 817 work for the museums and their £37.1m cost is recharged to the parent charity, so staff costs of £44.4m are more than double its £19.6m turnover. Cash at bank fell to £3.9m because £6.0m was moved into short-term deposits, shown separately; the two together were £9.9m (accounts to 31 March 2026, pp. 8, 18 and 24).
Read the accounts to March 2026 on Companies House, where every set of accounts the company has filed can be downloaded as a PDF.
What do these figures mean? Turnover vs profit · Profit per £100 · Cash vs profit · Net assets
Are there any charges against Science Museum shops?
SCMG Enterprises Limited has registered 3 charges at Companies House, of which 1 is still outstanding. A charge is security a lender takes over a company's assets; one is satisfied when the lending behind it is repaid or released.
The outstanding charge
| Charge holder | Created |
|---|---|
| Barclays Bank PLC | 4 April 2000 |
Each charge, with its holder and dates, is on the Companies House register.
How Science Museum shops compares
Of the 9 museum trading arms, Science Museum shops is 8th on turnover, 3rd on profit margin and 7th on growth. Historic Royal Palaces shops keeps the most of every £100 of sales: £31.81.
| Rank | Museum trading arms | Turnover | Profit per £100 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Royal Collection Trust shops | £72m | £12.15 |
| 8th | Science Museum shops | £20m | £16.54 |
| + 7 more museum trading arms ranked |
Ranked by turnover. Profit per £100 is pre-tax profit for every £100 of turnover, shown only where the profit is filed.
Science Museum shops files as SCMG Enterprises Limited, whose person with significant control is The Board Of Trustees Of The Science Museum, with turnover of £20m in its latest filed year.
Questions about Science Museum shops
What does Science Museum shops do?
SCMG Enterprises is the trading company of the Science Museum Group, running shops, catering and other commercial services across its museums. It operates across the Science Museum, National Railway Museum, National Science and Media Museum, Science and Industry Museum and Locomotion. Its income comes from on-site and online retail, cinemas and simulators, catering, corporate hire, brand licensing, image sales and publishing. Set up in 1988, it is wholly owned by the Group and its profits support the museums.
How does Science Museum shops compare with its rivals?
By turnover, Science Museum shops is 8th of the 9 companies in our battle of the museum trading arms, behind Royal Collection Trust shops. The battle ranks them on turnover, pre-tax profit, margin, growth and net assets. The battle of the museum trading arms →
Who owns Science Museum shops?
The Companies House register records The Board Of Trustees Of The Science Museum as the person with significant control of SCMG Enterprises Limited.
How much does Science Museum shops make?
SCMG Enterprises Limited reported turnover of £20m in the year to March 2026. It filed a pre-tax profit of £3m.
How many people work at Science Museum shops?
SCMG Enterprises Limited reported 929 employees in the year to March 2026.
Who runs Science Museum shops?
The Companies House register lists 3 current officers for SCMG Enterprises Limited. The full list, with appointment dates, is on the Companies House register.
- Figures come from SCMG Enterprises Limited's filings at Companies House, company number 02196149, for the period shown at the top of the page.
- These are single company accounts: they cover this company alone, not any wider group.
- Pre-tax profit is the figure the company filed, for both years.
- A figure the filing does not disclose is shown as n/d. A zero in the filing is treated as not disclosed, never as nil.
- Rounding: below £0.1m in thousands, from £0.1m to £2m to one decimal place, from £2m to the nearest million.
- Ownership is shown in the control bands the register of people with significant control uses, not as exact shareholdings.
- Officers' names and appointment dates come from the Companies House register. Job titles come from the company's own website. The description of what the company does comes from its website, or is marked Spark Intel editorial where it is written from stable, checked facts, with the date either way.
Spark Intel, “Science Museum shops: who owns it, who runs it and what the accounts show”, updated 9 November 2026. https://www.spark-intel.co.uk/companies/scmg-enterprises/. Figures from Companies House filings for SCMG ENTERPRISES LIMITED (02196149).
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