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The Mills Archive Trust

The Mills Archive Trust is a registered charity (number 1155828) based in Reading, governed by 10 trustees and chaired by Dr Ronald Frederick Cookson MBE since 2014. Latest income £263k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 25th October 2026.

  • 10 trustees
  • Income £263k (2025)
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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
Where
Throughout England And Wales
Website
millsarchive.org (opens in a new tab)
Registered
2014

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£263k£259k
  • 2024£225k£222k
  • 2023£163k£194k
Earlier years
  • 2022£157k£184k
  • 2021£163k£166k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Charitable objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE: 1) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE SUBJECT OF MILLS AND MILLING BY ESTABLISHING AND PRESERVING, AND FACILITATING THE PUBLIC USE OF, THE ARCHIVE COMPRISING THE COLLECTION; 2) TO FORM, ESTABLISH AND SUPPORT, AND TO AID IN THE FORMATION, ESTABLISHMENT AND SUPPORT OF, ANY OTHER CHARITIES AND VOLUNTARY BODIES, ESTABLISHED FOR, OR ADVANCING, CHARITABLE PURPOSES THE SAME AS, OR SIMILAR TO, THOSE OF THE CIO, FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC.

Grants received

8 grants · £515,451 total

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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.

8.1y median 11y
average tenure
12y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

10.5y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (7)

Portfolio (3)

2
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 10Education/training 10Environment/conservation/heritage 10

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

Education 2Other services 2Agriculture 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.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£263k latest income · income exceeded spending in 2024 and 2025

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
1155828
Status
Registered
Governing document
CIO - Foundation Registered 18 Feb 2014 as amended on 11 Feb 2025
Contact on the register
01189502052 · enquiries@millsarchive.org
Edition
Register edition compiled 25th October 2026
Labels
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