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John Smedley Archive Charitable Trust

Registered charity 1169156 Registered since 2016

Operates: Derbyshire

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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.

3 trustees on the board

10y median 10y
average tenure
10y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

10.8y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (3)

2
company-linked trustees

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

Other services 2Business services 1Manufacturing 1

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  • Small board - little cover if a trustee leaves
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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.

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Emailarchive@johnsmedley.com
Phone01332378396
AddressGELDARDS LLP, 1 PRIDE PLACE, PRIDE PARK, DERBY, DE24 8QR

Finances

£1,724 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£1,056£156
2022£1,238£1,238
2023£2,085£486
2024£366£421
2025£1,724£10,621

What it does

What

Education/trainingArts/culture/heritage/scienceOther Charitable Purposes

Who

The General Public/mankind

How

Provides ServicesSponsors Or Undertakes Research

Charitable objects

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE HISTORY OF KNITWEAR AND TEXTILE MANUFACTURING IN THE UK AND SUCH OTHER PARTS OF THE WORLD IN SUCH WAYS AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT, INCLUDING (BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY) BY:(A) IDENTIFYING, ACQUIRING, SAFEGUARDING, RESTORING, CONSERVING, PUBLICISING, EXHIBITING AND MAKING PUBLICLY AVAILABLE AN ARCHIVE COLLECTION OF INFORMATION, GARMENTS, TOOLS, MACHINERY AND OTHER ARTEFACTS OF HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE AND IMPORTANCE (INCLUDING, WHERE APPROPRIATE, BUILDINGS AND OTHER STRUCTURES)(B) CARRYING OUT RELEVANT RESEARCH; AND(C) PROVIDING PUBLIC LECTURES, CONFERENCES, EXHIBITIONS AND OTHER EDUCATIONAL EVENTS

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 13 APR 2016

Trustees (3)

3trustees
58median age
0aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

John Smedley Archive Charitable Trust · 10123149 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 14/04/2016

1 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (0)

No charities share a trustee (from current data).

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