# THE MILLS ARCHIVE TRUST

## Details

- **Country:** England &amp; 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&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=1155828


## Contact

- **Address:** The Mills Archive Trust, Watlington House, 44 Watlington Street, Reading
- **Postcode:** RG1 4RJ
- **Phone:** 0118 950 2052
- **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



## Geography

- Throughout England And Wales





## Trustees

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




