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The NEW Mechanics Institution Preservation Trust Limited

Registered charity 1048961 Registered since 1995

Operates: Wiltshire, Swindon

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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.

6 trustees on the board

4.3y median 4y
average tenure
6y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

8.8y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (4)

Portfolio (2)

6
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Arts/culture/heritage/science 2Education/training 2Disability 1Economic/community Development/employment 1Environment/conservation/heritage 1General Charitable Purposes 1Overseas Aid/famine Relief 1The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 1

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Business services 6Hospitality 6Health and social care 2

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.

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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£66k latest income · spending exceeded income in 2024 and 2025

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

Connected through a shared trustee

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.mechanics-trust.org.uk
Emailmanagement@mechanics-trust.org.uk
Phone01793520592
AddressThe New Mechanics Institute Trust, Central Community Centre, Emlyn Square, SWINDON, SN1 5BG

Finances

£66,030 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£136,521£58,155
2022£57,615£61,496
2023£61,863£82,002
2024£323,185£337,254
2025£66,030£74,819

What it does

What

General Charitable PurposesEducation/trainingThe Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of LivesArts/culture/heritage/scienceEnvironment/conservation/heritageEconomic/community Development/employmentRecreationOther Charitable Purposes

Who

Children/young PeopleElderly/old PeoplePeople With DisabilitiesOther Charities Or Voluntary BodiesOther Defined GroupsThe General Public/mankind

How

Provides Human ResourcesProvides Buildings/facilities/open SpaceProvides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/informationSponsors Or Undertakes ResearchActs As An Umbrella Or Resource BodyOther Charitable Activities

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

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

Trustees (6)

6trustees
70median age
3aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

The NEW Mechanics' Institution Preservation Trust Limited · 03059960 · Active

PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital) · incorporated 23/05/1995

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (6)

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