# THE WALTHAM ABBEY ROYAL GUNPOWDER MILLS CHARITABLE FOUNDATION LIMITED

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1210355
- **Other names:** WARGM
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Registered:** Oct. 7, 2024
- **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=1210355


## Contact

- **Address:** Beaulieu Drive, WALTHAM ABBEY, Essex
- **Postcode:** EN9 1JY
- **Phone:** 01992707370
- **Email:** info@royalgunpowdermills.com
- **Website:** www.royalgunpowdermills.com



## Activities

**Objects:** THE OBJECTS FOR WHICH THE CHARITY IS ESTABLISHED ARE:3.1 TO PRESERVE, MANAGE, RESEARCH, CONSERVE AND DISPLAY FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC AND OF THE NATION AT LARGE:3.1.1 WHATEVER OF THE HISTORICAL AND ARCHAEOLOGICAL HERITAGE MAY EXIST IN THE WALTHAM ABBEY ROYAL GUNPOWDER MILLS IN THE FORM OF ANCIENT MONUMENTS, LISTED BUILDINGS AND FEATURES OF PARTICULAR HISTORIC OR ARCHAEOLOGICAL INTEREST; AND3.1.2 THE NATURAL ASPECT, FEATURES AND BIRD, ANIMAL, TREE AND PLANT LIFE OF THE WALTHAM ABBEY ROYAL GUNPOWDER MILLS; AND3.2 TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION AND KNOWLEDGE OF THE PUBLIC RELATING TO THE HISTORY AND DEVELOPMENT OF GUNPOWDER EXPLOSIVES PROPELLANTS AND BALLISTIC AND OTHER MISSILES AND THE PRESERVATION HISTORY ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND INDUSTRIAL HERITAGE AND NATURAL HISTORY OF THE WALTHAM ABBEY ROYAL GUNPOWDER MILLS (INCLUDING WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING THE ESTABLISHMENT OF AND ACQUISITION OF EXHIBITS FOR AN INTERPRETATIVE AND EDUCATION CENTRE FOR THE PROMOTION OF KNOWLEDGE ABOUT GUNPOWDER PROPELLANTS EXPLOSIVES PROJECTILES BALLISTIC AND OTHER MISSILES AND A CENTRE FOR TRAINING DISSEMINATION OF INFORMATION AND OTHER EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES) AND TO CONDUCT OR CAUSE TO BE CONDUCTED RESEARCH INTO SUCH MATTERS AND TO PUBLISH OR OTHERWISE DISSEMINATE THE USEFUL RESULTS THEREOF.

**Activities:** The charity's mission is to manage conserve and display the heritage and natural environment of the Waltham Abbey Royal Gunpowder Mills for the benefit of the public. We open the site to general visitors and pre-arranged tour groups, and we run an education programme for schools.The Waltham Abbey Royal Gunpowder Mills Company Ltd (charity no. 1062968) merged into this charity on 31 December 2024




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space, Provides Services, Other Charitable Activities
- **What:** Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Environment/conservation/heritage
- **Who:** Children/young People, Elderly/old People, People With Disabilities, The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Essex




## Trustees

- **Christopher Mark Pemberton** (Chair) — appointed July 8, 2024
- Andrew Mciver — appointed Dec. 10, 2024
- Andrew Paul Coates — appointed July 8, 2024
- Fiona Baxter — appointed Dec. 10, 2024
- James Richardson — appointed Dec. 10, 2024
- Je Hyung Ahn — appointed March 26, 2025
- Kate Ellen Miners — appointed March 26, 2025
- Rosanna Lawes — appointed July 8, 2024
- William Michael Palin — appointed Dec. 10, 2024