HOUSE MILL TRUST LTD

Registered charity 292336 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as RIVER LEA TIDAL MILL TRUST LIMITED, THE HOUSE MILL, THE PASSMORE EDWARDS MUSEUM TRUST (HOUSE MILL) LIMITED

Restoration of the Worlds's largest remaining tidal mill. Provision of an Education resource. Hydro-generation scheme to provide a source of revenue

Objects

BY ASSOCIATION WITH THE PASSMORE EDWARDS MUSEUM AND SIMILAR INSTITUTIONS (HEREINAFTER CALLED "THE MUSEUMS") TO PRESERVE EXHIBIT AND DISPLAY FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC GENERALLY ARTIFACTS, ARCHAEOLOGICAL REMAINS, DOCUMENTS, PHOTOGRAPHS, TRANSPARENCIES, TAPE RECORDINGS, FILM, OBJECT D'ART, IMPLEMENTS, TOOLS OR OTHER OBJECTS OR ARTICLES OF ANY KIND OR OF WHATSOEVER NATURE OF AND CONCERNING THE HISTORY, ARCHAEOLOGY, GEOLOGY, SOCIOLOGY AND GEOGRAPHY OF THE COUNTY OF ESSEX AND EAST LONDON (HEREINAFTER CALLED THE AREA OF BENEFIT.)

Area of benefit: LONDON BOROUGH OF NEWHAM

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

Latest income
£172k
Latest spending
£63k
Registered
1985
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves of £300,095 are held, which significantly exceed the charity's stated policy target of three months' unrestricted expenditure (£15,676). The charity reported a net income increase to £172,429 against expenditure of £62,704, resulting in a net increase in funds of £109,725 for the year.

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.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — The House Mill (matched by registered charity number).

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

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Newham

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
30/06/2025£172k£63k
30/06/2024£41k£40k
30/06/2023£44k£40k
30/06/2022£36k£52k
30/06/2021£24k£58k

Common questions

Is HOUSE MILL TRUST LTD financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves of £300,095 are held, which significantly exceed the charity's stated policy target of three months' unrestricted expenditure (£15,676). The charity reported a net income increase to £172,429 against expenditure of £62,704, resulting in a net increase in funds of £109,725 for the year. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund22/09/2011£9kEngaging Local Volunteers at House Mill
The National Lottery Heritage Fund16/11/2010£248k"Restoring House Mill"