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Whitchurch Silk Mill Trust

  • 11 trustees
  • Income £272k (2025)

Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources

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Who leads it

Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.

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About

What it does
Arts/culture/heritage/science, Environment/conservation/heritage
Where
Hampshire
Website
www.whitchurchsilkmill.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
Whitchurch Silk Mill Trust
Registered
1990

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£272k£346k
  • 2024£432k£312k
  • 2023£294k£460k
Earlier years
  • 2022£320k£374k
  • 2021£410k£278k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 17%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

(A) TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC IN THE HISTORY OF THE PRODUCTION DESIGN DISTRIBUTION AND SALE OF SILK AND OTHER TEXTILES AND THEIR CONNECTIONS WITH WHITCHURCH. (B) TO SECURE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC THE PRESERVATION RESTORATION IMPROVEMENT ENHANCEMENT AND MAINTENANCE OF THE FEATURES AND OBJECTS OF HISTORICAL AND INDUSTRIAL INTEREST AT THE SILK MILL WHITCHURCH HAMPSHIRE AND ITS ENVIRONS AND ALSO THE ART OF SILKMAKING.

Grants received

11 grants · £2,230,646 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 · £2,104,086 (5 grants)
  • Garfield Weston Foundation · £70,000 (3 grants)
  • Postcode Society Trust · £50,000
  • The National Lottery Community Fund · £6,560 (2 grants)

Most recent

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.

11 trustees on the board

2.7y median 2y
average tenure
7y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

9.6y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (9)

Portfolio (2)

11
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 11Environment/conservation/heritage 10Accommodation/housing 1Education/training 1Recreation 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.

Manufacturing 13Arts and leisure 2Other 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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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£272k latest income

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
900621
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 25/05/1990NOW ARTICLES ADOPTED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 20/02/2013 as amended on 31 Aug 2022
Companies House
Company number 02506000 · Active
Contact on the register
01256892065 · info@whitchurchsilkmill.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
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