# THE STAMFORD MERCURY ARCHIVE TRUST

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1111011
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Other
- **Registered:** Aug. 24, 2005
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=maximized&p_p_mode=view&_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1111011


## Contact

- **Address:** Spring Cottage, Shepherds Walk, Belmesthorpe, Stamford
- **Postcode:** PE9 4JG
- **Phone:** 01780765583
- **Email:** secretary@smarchive.org.uk
- **Website:** www.smarchive.org.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** 2.1  TO HOUSE, PRESERVE FOR THE FUTURE AND MAINTAIN TO THE HIGHEST STANDARDS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY THE STAMFORD MERCURY ARCHIVE ("THE ARCHIVE").  THE ARCHIVE SHALL MEAN THE HISTORICAL COLLECTION OF STAMFORD MERCURY AND OTHER NEWSPAPERS COMPRISING THE GIFT OF WELLAND VALLEY NEWSPAPERS LTD TO THE CHARITY.2.2  TO USE THE ARCHIVE FOR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES AND RESEARCH INSOFAR THAT SUCH USE DOES NOT PLACE AT RISK THE FRAGILE HISTORICAL CONTENTS OF THE ARCHIVE AND TO MAKE AVAILABLE AND DISSEMINATE THE INFORMATION CONTAINED WITHIN THE ARCHIVE IN ANY APPROPRIATE MEDIUM.

**Activities:** Preservation, for the benefit of the community, of The Stamford Mercury Archive of newspapers, and to make the information contained therein available to the public.

**Area of benefit:** NOT DEFINED. IN PRACTICE. LINCOLSHIRE AND RUTLAND.




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space, Provides Advocacy/advice/information, Sponsors Or Undertakes Research
- **What:** Environment/conservation/heritage
- **Who:** The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Lincolnshire
- Northamptonshire
- Rutland



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec. 31, 2024 | £866 | £382 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2023 | £1156 | £578 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2022 | £644 | £527 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2021 | £597 | £720 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2020 | £1735 | £460 | — | — |



## Trustees

- **PHILIPPA JANE MASSEY** (Chair)
- Cllr Cain Josef Parkinson — appointed June 9, 2025
- Cllr RICHARD JAMES CLEAVER — appointed Sept. 9, 2021
- Dr NICHOLAS JOHN SHEEHAN — appointed Oct. 1, 2018
- JOHN HOPSON — appointed Feb. 5, 2018
- Lea Rickard — appointed Nov. 9, 2021
- Michael  Robert Atkinson — appointed Nov. 25, 2021
- PHILIP ROBSON
- Sarah Elizabeth Critchard — appointed Oct. 2, 2013
- Torrin Philip John Clark — appointed Oct. 10, 2016