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Registered charity · Derbyshire

The Arkwright Society Limited

  • 9 trustees
  • Income £2.5m (2025)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources

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About

What it does
Education/training, Environment/conservation/heritage
Where
Derbyshire
Website
www.cromfordmills.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
The Arkwright Society Limited
Registered
1985

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£2.5m£2.5m
  • 2024£2.1m£1.9m
  • 2023£1.5m£1.9m
Earlier years
  • 2022£1.5m£1.6m
  • 2021£1.9m£1.4m

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2025: Government grants under 1%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

THE OBJECTS WHICH THE SOCIETY IS ESTABLISHED ARE:- (A) TO ADVANCE PUBLIC EDUCATION IN HISTORY AND INDUSTRIAL ARCHAEOLOGY BY SECURING FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC THE PROTECTION, CONSERVATION, MAINTENANCE AND USE OF INDUSTRIAL BUILDINGS, PLANTS AND MONUMENTS OF HISTORICAL OR ARCHAEOLOGICAL IMPORTANCE AND BY PROVIDING FACILITIES FOR THE STUDY OF AND RESEARCH INTO HISTORY AND INDUSTRIAL ARCHAEOLOGY. (B) TO SECURE AND PROMOTE IN THE AFORESAID PARISHES (I) THE ADVANCEMENT OF PUBLIC EDUCATION AND INTEREST IN HISTORY AND INDUSTRIAL ARCHAEOLOGY, (II) THE HIGH STANDARDS OF PLANNING AND ARCHITECTURE, (III) THE PRESERVATION, PROTECTION, DEVELOPMENT AND IMPROVEMENT OF FEATURES OF HISTORY AND ARCHAEOLOGICAL INTEREST.

Grants received

25 grants · £10,106,080 total

360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.

Top funders

  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund · £8,524,796 (12 grants)
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £1,057,913 (6 grants)
  • Department for Culture, Media & Sport · £408,371 (5 grants)
  • The Headley Trust · £65,000
  • Garfield Weston Foundation · £50,000

Most recent

  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund £1,369,4182025-06-26
  • Garfield Weston Foundation £50,0002025-02-20
  • The Headley Trust £65,0002024-07-10
  • Department for Culture, Media & Sport £348,5032024-04-01
  • Department for Culture, Media & Sport £46,8242024-04-01
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

2.4y median 2y
average tenure
5y
longest tenure
0
trustees past 6 years
10.7y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (6)

Portfolio (3)

6
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Education/training 9Environment/conservation/heritage 9General Charitable Purposes 2The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 1

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

Property 7Professional services 3Business services 2

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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Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours

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£2.5m latest income · income exceeded spending in 2024 and 2025
ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

0.0 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months

51 from 55 in 2021
EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
515526
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 20 APRIL 1982 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION PASSED ON 21 NOVEMBER 1989 AND 16 DECEMBER 1993AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 30 JAN 2017
Companies House
Company number 01630237 · Active
Contact on the register
01629823256 · info@arkwrightsociety.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels
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