THE TREVITHICK SOCIETY

Registered charity 1159639 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

THE ACTIVITIES OF THE SOCIETY ARE THE PRESERVATION OF INDUSTRIAL ARCHEAOLOGY OF CORNWALL, THE COLLECTION AND COLLATINF OF ARTIFACTS AND MUSEUM ACTIVITIES

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN CORNISH INDUSTRY AND TECHNOLOGY INCLUDING ITS HISTORY AROUND THE WORLD IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY:(I) THE STUDY, PRESERVATION AND GLOBAL EDUCATIONAL DISSEMINATION OF MATTERS CONCERNED WITH CORNWALL’S INDUSTRIAL HERITAGE, AND, COLLECTING , RECORDING AND EXHIBITING PLANT, MACHINERY AND RECORDS CONNECTED TO THE ABOVE;(II) STUDYING THE LIFE, ACHIEVEMENTS AND EFFECTS OF CORNISH INVENTORS INCLUDING RICHARD TREVITHICK, 1771 – 1833;(III) ENGAGING IN DISCUSSION WITH LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND OTHER BODIES CONCERNED WITH THE ABOVE OBJECTS TO ENSURE THAT CORNWALL’S INDUSTRIAL PAST AND HERITAGE ARE GIVEN DUE CONSIDERATION IN ALL RESPECTS; AND(IV) DISSEMINATING ALL OF THE ABOVE USING ANY MANNER OR MEDIA

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 the Society achieved a net surplus of £8,898.10 for the year ended 31 December 2025, with total reserves increasing to £214,930.38. The Financial Report notes that cash at bank increased due to investment maturity and income, while creditors increased primarily due to a provision for future boiler testing.

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.

• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures

Trustees · trustee networks

• BRIAN ALAN LLOYD JONESchair
• COLIN FRENCH DR
• DAVID CREWES
• ELIZABETH SHEILA SAUNDERS
• GRAHAM THORNE
• JEREMY PETER RANDALL ROGERS · trustee of 1 other charity
• KINGSLEY JOHN THOMAS RICKARD · trustee of 1 other charity
• Mark Newman
• SANDRA ELIZABETH EASTERBROOK

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

Operates in: Cornwall

Income and spending

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Government & lottery funding

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