Governance

EMHT is a registered charity, number 1113837. It is registered with Companies House as a company limited by guarantee, number 5743618. 
Membership of the incorporated trust is open to the public.

EMHT is managed by a board of trustees, nominated as directors of the company. The trustees invite specialists and representatives of other heritage organisations to attend meetings and/or advise where appropriate. The Trust’s constitution is a set of memorandum and articles of association approved by the Charity Commission.

The charitable objects of EMHT are:

1. ‘preservation and development, for the public benefit, of the 16th century Eskdale Water Corn Mill at Boot being of>particular historical and architectural interest’; and
2. ‘advance the education of the public in the history, heritage, geography and geology of Eskdale so as to increase their understanding of the built and natural environment’

Patrons: Margie Foots; Anna Ford; Lord Frank Judd; Patrick Gordon-Duff-Pennington; Lord Rea of Eskdale; Marcus Worthington and Eric Robson

Trustees: Paul Pharaoh (Chair), Paul Dean; Jodie Mills; Peter van Zeller; Richard Johnson (Treasurer); Adam Pattison; Rosemary Lord

Advisers: David Blanden; John Hodgson; Bob Hoye-Turner; Greg Poole; Roger Putnam; Chris Reay; David Rounce, Rebecca Cathey, John McCurrie and Jason Waddy.

Company Secretary: Adam Pattison, 8 Princess Avenue, Seaton, Workington, CA14 1DH

Membership Secretary: Adam Pattison, 8 Princess Avenue, Seaton, Workington, CA14 1DH

Registered office address: 8 Princess Avenue, Seaton, Workington, CA14 1DH

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