# THE MILLS ARCHIVE TRUST

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1155828
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** CIO
- **Registered:** Feb. 18, 2014
- **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=1155828


## Contact

- **Address:** The Mills Archive Trust, Watlington House, 44 Watlington Street, Reading
- **Postcode:** RG1 4RJ
- **Phone:** 01189502052
- **Email:** enquiries@millsarchive.org
- **Website:** millsarchive.org



## Activities

**Objects:** THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE: 1) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE SUBJECT OF MILLS AND MILLING BY ESTABLISHING AND PRESERVING, AND FACILITATING THE PUBLIC USE OF, THE ARCHIVE COMPRISING THE COLLECTION; 2) TO FORM, ESTABLISH AND SUPPORT, AND TO AID IN THE FORMATION, ESTABLISHMENT AND SUPPORT OF, ANY OTHER CHARITIES AND VOLUNTARY BODIES, ESTABLISHED FOR, OR ADVANCING, CHARITABLE PURPOSES THE SAME AS, OR SIMILAR TO, THOSE OF THE CIO, FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC.

**Activities:** We are a permanent repository for the documentary and photographic records of traditional and contemporary mills and milling, as well as similar structures dependent on traditional power sources. We make material freely available for public inspection and use in research and learning and welcome serious researchers, as well as to those who simply want to find out more about our milling heritage.




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space, Provides Advocacy/advice/information, Sponsors Or Undertakes Research
- **What:** Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Environment/conservation/heritage
- **Who:** Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies, The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Throughout England And Wales



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 31, 2025 | £262890 | £259330 | — | — |
| March 31, 2024 | £225330 | £222189 | — | — |
| March 31, 2023 | £163000 | £193661 | — | — |
| March 31, 2022 | £156859 | £184463 | — | — |
| March 31, 2021 | £162712 | £165638 | — | — |



## Trustees

- **Dr Ronald Frederick Cookson MBE MA PhD** (Chair) — appointed Feb. 17, 2014
- Amanda Knight LLB — appointed Nov. 5, 2024
- CHARLES PINCHBECK — appointed Aug. 11, 2015
- Dr MARGARET SIMONS — appointed May 13, 2014
- Graham Douglas Hackney — appointed May 12, 2015
- Martin James Savage — appointed Nov. 13, 2018
- Michael Jonathon Evans BA — appointed Aug. 12, 2014
- Michael Stephen Cookson — appointed Feb. 11, 2025
- Mildred May Cookson — appointed Feb. 17, 2014