# THE COKER ROPE & SAIL CIO

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1172029
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** CIO
- **Registered:** March 14, 2017
- **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=1172029


## Contact

- **Address:** 6 CHURCH STREET, WEST COKER, YEOVIL
- **Postcode:** BA22 9BD
- **Phone:** 01935862938
- **Website:** http://www.westcoker.net/home-page/ropewalk/



## Activities

**Objects:** THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARETO ADVANCE EDUCATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY THE RESTORATION AND PRESERVATION OF THE DAWE’S TWINE WORKS IN WEST COKER, SOMERSET, AND BY THE PUBLIC DISPLAY OF THE TWINE WORKS AS A MUSEUM FOR THE ENHANCEMENT OF THE PUBLIC UNDERSTANDING AND APPRECIATION OF THE HISTORICAL SOCIAL, COMMERCIAL AND TECHNOLOGICAL SIGNIFICANCE AND CONTEXT OF THE TWINE WORKS.

**Activities:** The charity exists to conserve, restore and manage the Dawe's Twineworks heritage factory in West Coker, Somerset, and to record and celebrate the twine, rope and sailcloth industries which flourished in the area because the local soils were excellent for growing flax and hemp.The old buildings and machinery restoration is almost complete. We are building a visitor centre.




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space
- **What:** Arts/culture/heritage/science
- **Who:** The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Somerset



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 31, 2025 | £13684 | £8695 | — | — |
| March 31, 2024 | £10645 | £11074 | — | — |
| March 31, 2023 | £9302 | £7656 | — | — |
| March 31, 2022 | £12541 | £8541 | — | — |
| March 31, 2021 | £42392 | £4723 | — | — |



## Trustees

- **ROSS NEIL AITKEN** (Chair) — appointed March 14, 2017
- ANGUS MCPHEE — appointed July 31, 2018
- Clive Douglas Seaton — appointed June 16, 2025
- DAVID MARK NEAL — appointed Oct. 9, 2023
- Laura Windsor — appointed Oct. 1, 2023
- Martin Blackmore — appointed March 14, 2017
- Professor Terence Stevens — appointed April 10, 2025