Registered charity (CIO) · Rochdale
The Rochdale Society of Model and Experimental Engineers
- 9 trustees
- Income £16k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- John David SchofieldChair · since 2019
- David Cornelius InghamTrustee · since 2023
- Geoffrey HiltonTrustee · since 2020
- Kenneth Gordon PottsTrustee · since 2022
- Larry QuinnTrustee · since 2019
- Michael John FosterTrustee · since 2019
- Norman RoydsTrustee · since 2024
- Robert HayterTrustee · since 2018
- Rodney Hume HartleyTrustee · since 2018
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Education/training
- Where
- Rochdale
- Website
- www.RSMEE.com (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2018
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£16k£11k
- 2024£12k£7k
- 2023£6k£7k
Earlier years
- 2022£14k£6k
- 2021£5k£4k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2022: Government grants 37%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE, FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC, THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN MINIATURE ENGINEERING BY:A. THE OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE OF THE MINIATURE RAILWAY AT SPRINGFIELD PARK, ROCHDALE;B. ENCOURAGING YOUNG PEOPLE TO PRACTICE MODEL ENGINEERING IN STEAM AND ELECTRICAL TRACTION BY THE PROVISION OF TUITION IN WORKSHOP PRACTICE AND SAFETY, AND THE THEORY AND PRACTICE OF ENGINEERING;C. THE MOUNTING OF LECTURES AND EXHIBITIONS IN MINIATURE ENGINEERING FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC AT LARGE.
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.
9 trustees on the board
- John David Schofield Chair since 2019
- David Cornelius Ingham since 2023
- Geoffrey Hilton since 2020
- Kenneth Gordon Potts since 2022
- Larry Quinn since 2019
- Michael John Foster since 2019
- Norman Royds since 2024
- Robert Hayter since 2018
- Rodney Hume Hartley since 2018
Trustees past 6 years
- John David Schofield Chair since 2019
- Larry Quinn since 2019
- Michael John Foster since 2019
- Robert Hayter since 2018
- Rodney Hume Hartley since 2018
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (8)
- John David Schofield Chair since 2019
- David Cornelius Ingham since 2023
- Geoffrey Hilton since 2020
- Larry Quinn since 2019
- Michael John Foster since 2019
- Norman Royds since 2024
- Robert Hayter since 2018
- Rodney Hume Hartley since 2018
Portfolio (1)
- Kenneth Gordon Potts since 2022
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Gaps to watch
- No commercial or business experience on the board
- 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.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1181083
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CIO - ASSOCIATION Registered 10 Dec 2018
- Contact on the register
- 01706367640 · bobhayter_2000@yahoo.co.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th 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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