# THE NORTHERN MILL ENGINE SOCIETY LIMITED

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 532259
- **Other names:** BOLTON STEAM MUSEUM
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Registered:** March 27, 1974
- **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=532259


## Contact

- **Address:** 84 WATKIN ROAD, CLAYTON-LE-WOODS, CHORLEY
- **Postcode:** PR6 7PX
- **Phone:** 01257265003
- **Email:** john.phillp@blueyonder.co.uk
- **Website:** https://www.nmes.org



## Activities

**Objects:** TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE FIELD OF INDUSTRIAL ARCHAEOLOGY. (SEE CLAUSE 3 OF MEMORANDUM).

**Activities:** Primarily to encourage interest in Industrial Heritage, particularly the stationary steam engine as widely used in the textile industry throughout the north of England.  The Society has developed a museum at the Bolton Steam Museum where its collection of some 29 steam engines can be seen working in steam by the public on regular Open Days.

**Area of benefit:** NOT DEFINED IN PRACTICE BOLTON




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Human Resources, Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space
- **What:** Education/training, Environment/conservation/heritage
- **Who:** The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Bolton
- Lancashire



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec. 31, 2024 | £35550 | £24226 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2023 | £30478 | £22898 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2022 | £27452 | £14944 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2021 | £16094 | £11867 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2020 | £8512 | £7962 | — | — |



## Trustees

- **NEIL CARNEY** (Chair)
- Alan Ratcliffe — appointed May 1, 2022
- DENNIS VICTOR RAFFE — appointed May 21, 2012
- JOHN LEIFER — appointed May 5, 2024
- JOHN PHILLP
- Mark Bray — appointed April 30, 2023
- Steven Dimuantes — appointed May 1, 2022