The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 13th September 2026

The Magic Attic Archives

Registered charity 1094124 Registered since 2002

Operates: Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Staffordshire

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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.

12.4y median 13y
average tenure
23y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

13.5y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (11)

Portfolio (1)

4
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 12Education/training 12Environment/conservation/heritage 12

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

Arts and leisure 2Business services 1Other services 1

Gaps to watch

  • Several long-serving trustees could step down together

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.
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£10k latest income

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

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.magicattic.org.uk
Emailmagicatticarch@gmail.com
Phone01283 819020
AddressMagic Attic Archives, c/o Sharpes Pottery Museum, West Street, Swadlincote, Derbyshire, DE11 9DG

Finances

£7,652 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£12,530£6,502
2022£8,725£8,407
2023£8,900£13,320
2024£9,697£8,657
2025£7,652£7,461

What it does

What

Education/trainingArts/culture/heritage/scienceEnvironment/conservation/heritage

Who

Children/young PeopleElderly/old PeopleOther Charities Or Voluntary BodiesThe General Public/mankind

How

Provides Buildings/facilities/open SpaceProvides Advocacy/advice/informationSponsors Or Undertakes Research

Charitable objects

TO PRESERVE AND PROMOTE THE HERITAGE OF THE COALFIELD AND POTTERY AREAS IN SOUTH DERBYSHIRE, NORTH WEST LEICESTERSHIRE AND EAST STAFFORDSHIRE AREA BY:1) TO MAINTAIN, CONSERVE AND SUPPLEMENT TO THE EXISTING HISTORICAL ARCHIVE OF DOCUMENTS, PHOTOGRAPHS, LETTERS, MAPS, NEWSPAPERS, BOOKS AND OTHER RECORDS IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT.2) TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN FACILITIES FOR THE PUBLIC TO RESEARCH ALL ASPECTS OF HISTORY IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT.3) TO ADVANCE THE HISTORICAL EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT BY ORGANISING EXHIBITIONS, LECTURE, TALKS, PRESENTATIONS AND CONFERENCES.

Governing document: DECLARATION OF TRUST DATED 9 SEPTEMBER 2002

Trustees (12)

12trustees
87median age
4aged 70+

Connected charities (1)

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