THE NEWCOMEN SOCIETY FOR THE STUDY OF THE HISTORY OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY

Registered charity 215410 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE NEWCOMEN SOCIETY

Disseminating historical information to members of the Society and the general public, by way of meetings, discussion, correspondence, papers and visits to objects and places of interest& fostering historical investigation and research & encouraging the collection and preservation of examples& arranging for the presentation of original papers and publishing them

Objects

TO PROMOTE ENCOURAGE AND CO-ORDINATE THE STUDY OF THE HISTORY OF ENGINEERING, INDUSTRY AND TECHNOLOGY.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

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

Causes: Education/training · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Environment/conservation/heritage · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a net income of £18,822 for the year ended 30 June 2025, with total incoming resources of £59,219 and total resources expended of £56,867. The general unrestricted fund stood at £92,079, and the trustees confirmed there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

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 5 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.

• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Trustees · trustee networks

• Professor Felix Schmidchair
• Daniel H W Hayton
• David Boursnell
• Dr Colin James Axon
• Dr Francesco Gerali
• Dr John William Kanefsky
• Dr Jonathan Aylen
• Dr Oliver Carpenter · trustee of 1 other charity
• Ian Hoose
• PROFESSOR DAVID PERRETT · trustee of 3 other charities
• Peter Francis Grisdale Filcek
• Peter Turvey · trustee of 2 other charities
• Robert Bowden
• Simon Edward Christopher Jump

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

Operates in: Birmingham City · Bristol City · City Of London · Manchester City · Newcastle Upon Tyne City · Scotland · Sheffield City

Income and spending

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