MEDIA ARCHIVE OF CENTRAL ENGLAND LIMITED

Registered charity 1100890 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as MACE

The selection, acquisition, documentation, preservation and availability of the moving image culture and history of the East and WEest Midlands for public benefit and education,

Objects

A) TO PROMOTE THE CONSERVATION AND PRESERVATION OF A MEDIA ARCHIVE IN THE FORM OF A COLLECTION OF MOVING AND STILL IMAGES MATERIAL FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC; ANDB) TO ADVANCE PUBLIC EDUCATION ON MATTERS CONNECTED WITH THE ARCHIVE MATERIAL PARTICULARLY BY PROVIDING EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES TO THE PUBLIC TO ENABLE THEM TO STUDY, AND/OR LISTEN TO THE RECORDINGS CONTAINED IN THE ARCHIVE.

Area of benefit: NATIONAL

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £315,434, which the trustees consider adequate to meet contractual obligations and mitigate income shortfalls. The charity reported a net expenditure of £36,588 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total funds from £352,022 to £315,434. Financial sustainability is supported by secured funding from the BFI and National Lottery Heritage Fund until March 2026.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Trustees · trustee networks

• Susan Margaret Maldenchair
• Amanda Huntley · trustee of 1 other charity
• Garry Morgan Campbell
• PROF RAY JOHNSON · trustee of 2 other charities
• Philip Andrew Youngson
• Stephen Sharman

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

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Government & lottery funding

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with LIVING ARCHIVE PROJECT.

• LIVING ARCHIVE PROJECT income £112k
• SOMERSET FILM AND VIDEO LTD income £356k
• THE BRITISH ACADEMY OF FILM AND TELEVISION ARTS income £29.3m
• THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES TRUST income £374k
• BRITISH SOCIETY FOR MIDDLE EASTERN STUDIES income £141k
• YAD VEACHISOMOCH L'CHAIM income £834k

Side by side with its peers

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