Registered charity (CIO) · Ulverston
Backbarrow Ironworks Heritage Trust
- 4 trustees
Official record Charity Commission · updated 13th September 2026 · Sources
Who leads it
- Richard Raymond William SandersonChair · since 2018
- Robert Victor MatthewsTrustee · since 2018
- Roger BakerTrustee · since 2018
- Susan Mary SandersonTrustee · since 2018
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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People on this board also serve on 1 other charity:
- Brow Edge Foundation · 1 shared trustee
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About
- What it does
- Arts/culture/heritage/science
- Where
- Cumbria
- Registered
- 2018
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025--
- 2024--
- 2023£4k£246
Earlier years
- 2022£112£3k
- 2021£4£2k
Charitable objects
THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC ABOUT THE INDUSTRIAL HISTORY OF BACKBARROW AND DISTRICT BY(A) OWNING, PROTECTING AND PRESERVING THE BACKBARROW IRONWORKS FURNACE AND ASSOCIATED STRUCTURES AND BUILDINGS(B) ENSURING THAT THE FURNACE AND ITS SITE ARE ACCESSIBLE AND INTERPRETED FOR THE UNDERSTANDING OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC(C) RESEARCHING, RECORDING AND ARCHIVING INFORMATION WITH A VIEW TO CREATING FURTHER UNDERSTANDING OF THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE FURNACE IN INDUSTRIAL HISTORY(D) SHARING AVAILABLE INFORMATION WITH THE PUBLIC(E) RELATING THE IRONWORKS TO OTHER INDUSTRIES IN THE LOCALITY
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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.
4 trustees on the board
- Richard Raymond William Sanderson Chair since 2018
- Robert Victor Matthews since 2018
- Roger Baker since 2018
- Susan Mary Sanderson since 2018
Trustees past 6 years
- Richard Raymond William Sanderson Chair since 2018
- Robert Victor Matthews since 2018
- Roger Baker since 2018
- Susan Mary Sanderson since 2018
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (3)
- Richard Raymond William Sanderson Chair since 2018
- Robert Victor Matthews since 2018
- Roger Baker since 2018
Portfolio (1)
- Susan Mary Sanderson since 2018
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
Gaps to watch
- Several long-serving trustees could step down together
- Narrow spread of causes across the board
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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Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1177622
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 20 Mar 2018
- Contact on the register
- 07772960093
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 13th September 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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