# THE WALTHAM ABBEY ROYAL GUNPOWDER MILLS COMPANY LIMITED

## Details

- **Country:** England &amp; Wales
- **Charity number:** 1062968
- **Other names:** THE OPERATING CHARITABLE COMPANY LIMITED, ROYAL GUNPOWDER MILLS
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Company number:** [03376501](https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/03376501)
- **Registered:** June 20, 1997
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&amp;p_p_lifecycle=0&amp;p_p_state=maximized&amp;p_p_mode=view&amp;_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1062968


## Contact

- **Address:** Royal Gunpowder Mills, Beaulieu Drive, WALTHAM ABBEY
- **Postcode:** EN9 1JY
- **Phone:** 01992 707370
- **Email:** fionaebaxter@gmail.com
- **Website:** www.royalgunpowdermills.com



## Activities

**Objects:** (1) TO PRESERVE MANAGE RESEARCH CONSERVE AND DISPLAY FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC AND OF THE NATION AT LARGE (A) WHATEVER OF THE HISTORICAL AND ARCHAEOLOGICAL HERITAGE MAY EXIST IN ALL THAT LAND AT WALTHAM ABBEY ESSEX MORE PARTICULARLY SHOWN EDGED RED ON THE PLAN ANNEXED TO A TRANSFER DATED 27TH MARCH 1997 AND MADE BETWEEN WALTHAM ABBEY TRUST COMPANY LIMITED (REGISTERED COMPANY NUMBER 3325864) AND THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR DEFENCE TOGETHER WITH INTER ALIA THE ARCHAEOLOGICAL REMAINS BUILDINGS ROADS PATHWAYS AND WATERWAYS SITUATED THEREON (&quot;WALTHAM ABBEY ROYAL GUNPOWDER MILLS&quot;) IN THE FORM OF ANCIENT MONUMENTS LISTED BUILDINGS AND FEATURES OF PARTICULAR HISTORIC OR ARCHAEOLOGICAL INTEREST; AND (B) THE NATURAL ASPECT FEATURES AND BIRD ANIMAL TREE AND PLANT LIFE OF THE WALTHAM ABBEY ROYAL GUNPOWDER MILLS; (2) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION AND KNOWLEDGE OF THE PUBLIC RELATING TO THE HISTORY AND DEVELOPMENT OF GUNPOWDER EXPLOSIVES PROPELLANTS AND BALLISTIC AND OTHER MISSILES AND THE PRESERVATION HISTORY ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND INDUSTRIAL HERITAGE AND NATURAL HISTORY OF THE WALTHAM ABBEY ROYAL GUNPOWDER MILLS (INCLUDING WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING THE ESTABLISHMENT OF AND ACQUISITION OF EXHIBITS FOR AN INTERPRETATIVE AND EDUCATION CENTRE FOR THE PROMOTION OF KNOWLEDGE ABOUT GUNPOWDER PROPELLANTS EXPLOSIVES PROJECTILES BALLISTIC AND OTHER MISSILES AND A CENTRE FOR TRAINING DISSEMINATION OF INFORMATION AND OTHER EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES) AND TO CONDUCT OR CAUSE TO BE CONDUCTED RESEARCH INTO SUCH MATTERS AND TO PUBLISH OR OTHERWISE DISSEMINATE THE USEFUL RESULTS THEREOF;

**Activities:** The company&#x27;s principal object and activity during the year was to develop and manage the site and collections of the Waltham Abbey Royal Gunpowder Mills, provide programmes of education for schoolchildren, and open days for the general public to visit.




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space, Provides Services, Other Charitable Activities
- **What:** Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Environment/conservation/heritage
- **Who:** Children/young People, Elderly/old People, People With Disabilities, The General Public/mankind



## Geography

- **Area of benefit:** NATIONAL
- Essex





## Trustees

| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| **Fiona Baxter** | Chair | April 7, 2018 |
| Andrew Ross McIver |  | June 3, 2021 |
| James Andrew Richardson |  | July 1, 2021 |




