Registered charity · Swindon
The NEW Mechanics Institution Preservation Trust Limited
- 7 trustees
- Income £66k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Arts/culture/heritage/science and 4 more
- Where
- Wiltshire, Swindon
- Website
- www.swindonheritage.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- The NEW Mechanics' Institution Preservation Trust Limited
- Registered
- 1995
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£66k£75k
- 2024£323k£337k
- 2023£62k£82k
Earlier years
- 2022£58k£61k
- 2021£137k£58k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2021: Government grants 6%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
1. TO PRESERVE WHATEVER OF THE HISTORICAL ARCHITECTURAL AND CONSTRUCTIONAL HERITAGE MAY EXIST IN AND AROUND THE BOROUGH OFSWINDON IN THE FORM OF BUILDINGS INCLUDING ANY BUILDING AS DEFINED IN SECTION 290(1) OF THE TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING ACT 1971 OF PARTICULAR BEAUTY OR HISTORICAL ARCHITECTURAL OR CONSTRUCTIONAL INTEREST FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE TOWNSPEOPLE OF SWINDON IN THE BOROUGH OF SWINDON IN THE COUNTY OF WILTSHIRE AND OF THE NATION AT LARGE 2. THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR EDUCATION, RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE OF THOSE LIVING AND WORKING IN THE BOROUGH OF SWINDON 3. UNDERTAKE ANY OTHER EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE PURPOSES IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT
Grants received
18 grants · £585,802 total360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.
Top funders
- The National Lottery Heritage Fund · £284,350 (2 grants)
- Power to Change Trust · £103,235 (2 grants)
- People's Health Trust · £77,064 (2 grants)
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £57,100 (2 grants)
- Wiltshire and Swindon Community Foundation · £31,999 (6 grants)
Most recent
- The National Lottery Heritage Fund
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
Board analysis
Board DNA
How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.
7 trustees on the board
- Robert Stanley Wright Chair since 2022
- Aaron Luke Marchant since 2023
- Abigail Rockett since 2022
- Alan Wrixon since 2024
- Helen George since 2021
- Robert Charles Barrett since 2022
- Sally Therese Cole since 2020
Trustees past 6 years
- Sally Therese Cole since 2020
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (5)
- Robert Stanley Wright Chair since 2022
- Aaron Luke Marchant since 2023
- Abigail Rockett since 2022
- Alan Wrixon since 2024
- Sally Therese Cole since 2020
Portfolio (2)
- Helen George since 2021
- Robert Charles Barrett since 2022
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1048961
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 23 MAY 1995 AS AMENDED 13 APRIL 2000 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION ON THE 23 OCTOBER 2003.AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 14 MAR 2022
- Companies House
- Company number 03059960 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 01793520592 · management@mechanics-trust.org.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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