# JOHN SMEDLEY ARCHIVE CHARITABLE TRUST

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1169156
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Registered:** Sept. 13, 2016
- **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=1169156


## Contact

- **Address:** GELDARDS LLP, 1 PRIDE PLACE, PRIDE PARK, DERBY
- **Postcode:** DE24 8QR
- **Phone:** 01332378396
- **Email:** archive@johnsmedley.com



## Activities

**Objects:** TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE HISTORY OF KNITWEAR AND TEXTILE MANUFACTURING IN THE UK AND SUCH OTHER PARTS OF THE WORLD IN SUCH WAYS AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT, INCLUDING (BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY) BY:(A) IDENTIFYING, ACQUIRING, SAFEGUARDING, RESTORING, CONSERVING, PUBLICISING, EXHIBITING AND MAKING PUBLICLY AVAILABLE AN ARCHIVE COLLECTION OF INFORMATION, GARMENTS, TOOLS, MACHINERY AND OTHER ARTEFACTS OF HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE AND IMPORTANCE (INCLUDING, WHERE APPROPRIATE, BUILDINGS AND OTHER STRUCTURES)(B) CARRYING OUT RELEVANT RESEARCH; AND(C) PROVIDING PUBLIC LECTURES, CONFERENCES, EXHIBITIONS AND OTHER EDUCATIONAL EVENTS

**Activities:** The objects of the charity are to advance the education of the public in the history of knitwear and textile manufacturing in the UK and such other parts of the world in such ways as the Trustees may from time to time think fit, including (but not exclusively) by identifying, acquiring, safeguarding, restoring, conserving, publicising, exhibiting and making publicly available an archive collection

**Area of benefit:** UK AND OTHER PARTS OF THE WORLD




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Services, Sponsors Or Undertakes Research
- **What:** Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Other Charitable Purposes
- **Who:** The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Derbyshire



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 30, 2025 | £1724 | £10621 | — | — |
| April 30, 2024 | £366 | £421 | — | — |
| April 30, 2023 | £2085 | £486 | — | — |
| April 30, 2022 | £1238 | £1238 | — | — |
| April 30, 2021 | £1056 | £156 | — | — |



## Trustees

- **ROBERT ANDREW HUNTSMAN MARSDEN-SMEDLEY** (Chair) — appointed Nov. 3, 2016
- CANDIDA MARY JACKSON — appointed Nov. 3, 2016
- IAN LOWRY COLE MACLEAN MBE — appointed Nov. 3, 2016