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Registered charity · Cambridge

The Centre for Computing History

  • 6 trustees
  • Income £417k (2025)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 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
Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Environment/conservation/heritage, Recreation
Where
Cambridgeshire, Suffolk
Website
www.computinghistory.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
The Centre for Computing History Limited
Registered
2009

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£417k£400k
  • 2024£325k£426k
  • 2023£422k£452k
Earlier years
  • 2022£414k£399k
  • 2021£393k£333k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 1%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

TO PROMOTE, MAINTAIN, IMPROVE AND ADVANCE PUBLIC EDUCATION ID THE HISTORYOF COMPUTING TO PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY:1. THE PROVISION OF EDUCATIONAL DEMONSTRATIONS;2. THE PROVISION OF AN EDUCATIONAL FACILITY AND RESEARCH CENTRE:3. THE ESTABLISHMENT AND MAINTENANCE OF A MUSEUM.

Grants received

3 grants · £486,200 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 · £486,200 (3 grants)

Most recent

  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund £35,2002020-05-18
  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund £366,7002018-09-06
  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund £84,3002014-07-10
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

6.5y median 5y
average tenure
12y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

11.6y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (6)

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 6Environment/conservation/heritage 6

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 6Tech and media 5Finance 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£417k latest income

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
1130071
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 02 JUN 2009AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 16 JUN 2014AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 12 MAY 2016 as amended on 04 Oct 2019
Companies House
Company number 06348133 · Active
Contact on the register
01223214446 · admin@computinghistory.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
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