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Media Archive of Central England Limited

  • 6 trustees
  • Income £322k (2025)

Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources

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Who leads it

Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.

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About

What it does
Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science
Where
Throughout England
Website
www.macearchive.org (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
Media Archive of Central England Limited
Registered
2003

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£322k£358k
  • 2024£448k£409k
  • 2023£455k£383k
Earlier years
  • 2022£408k£406k
  • 2021£472k£386k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Charitable objects

A) TO PROMOTE THE CONSERVATION AND PRESERVATION OF A MEDIA ARCHIVE IN THE FORM OF A COLLECTION OF MOVING AND STILL IMAGES MATERIAL FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC; ANDB) TO ADVANCE PUBLIC EDUCATION ON MATTERS CONNECTED WITH THE ARCHIVE MATERIAL PARTICULARLY BY PROVIDING EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES TO THE PUBLIC TO ENABLE THEM TO STUDY, AND/OR LISTEN TO THE RECORDINGS CONTAINED IN THE ARCHIVE.

Grants received

9 grants · £953,850 total

360Giving 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 · £915,850 (6 grants)
  • The National Archives · £20,000 (2 grants)
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £18,000

Most recent

  • The National Archives £10,0002024-02-01
  • The National Archives £10,0002024-02-01
  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund £248,7502023-12-05
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport £18,0002020-10-14
  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund £29,9002020-08-17
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.

6 trustees on the board

13.8y median 12y
average tenure
18y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

17.8y
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 6Education/training 6General Charitable Purposes 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.

Arts and leisure 5Tech and media 3Other services 2

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.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£322k latest income

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
1100890
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION DATED 13 MARCH 1996
Companies House
Company number 03172021 · Active
Contact on the register
07769041416 · info@macearchive.org
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels
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