Governance

Eskdale Mill & Heritage Trust (EMHT) is a registered charity (no:1113837)

and a company limited by guarantee (no:5743618).

See our last annual report here – EMHT 2019 financial report

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 as advisers 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; Eric Robson OBE and Marcus Worthington.

Trustees: Paul Pharaoh (Chair), Paul Dean; Peter Grove; Steve Hemm; Richard Johnson (Treasurer); Rosemary Lord; Stuart Ross

Advisers: David Blanden; Rebecca Cathey; Andy Feaver; John Hodgson; Bob Hoye-Turner; Jodie Mills; Greg Poole; Roger Putnam; Chris Reay and Jason Waddy.

Company Secretary:

Membership Secretary: Stuart Ross

Registered office address: Eskdale Mill, Boot, Holmrook, Cumbria, CA19 1TG

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