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The Newcomen Society for the Study of the History of Engineering and Technology

Registered charity 215410 Registered since 1963

Operates: Manchester City, Newcastle Upon Tyne City, Birmingham City, Bristol City, Scotland, Sheffield City, City Of London

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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.

14 trustees on the board

3.6y median 3y
average tenure
10y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

11.6y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (11)

Portfolio (3)

14
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 14Education/training 14Environment/conservation/heritage 14

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 16Tech and media 2Arts and leisure 1

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£59k latest income

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.

Connected through a shared trustee

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.newcomen.com
Emailoffice@newcomen.com
Phone07483 157952
Address1, Minster Court, Tuscam Way, Camberley, Surrey

Finances

£59,219 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£67,191£58,993
2022£64,420£43,735
2023£82,973£63,320
2024£66,999£67,152
2025£59,219£56,867

What it does

What

Education/trainingArts/culture/heritage/scienceEnvironment/conservation/heritage

Who

The General Public/mankind

How

Provides ServicesSponsors Or Undertakes Research

Charitable objects

TO PROMOTE ENCOURAGE AND CO-ORDINATE THE STUDY OF THE HISTORY OF ENGINEERING, INDUSTRY AND TECHNOLOGY.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 03 MAY 1961AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 08 DEC 1976AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 08 OCT 1980AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 12 JUN 2002AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 09 JAN 2008AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 12 JAN 2011AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 10 APR 2013AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 27 FEB 2023 as amended on 12 Jan 2011

Trustees (14)

14trustees
74median age
11aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

The Newcomen Society for the Study of the History of Engineering and Technology · 00691545 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 03/05/1961

2 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

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