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If you are thinking of a new circuit for the cooker etc., each new circuit will have to be upgraded to modern regs. So a new box is pretty well inevitable. I find that nowadays as the manufacturers who make the devices we are increasingly forced to fit by regs, also make the items we are forced/corralled to fit means the cost of you upgrade can increase by a factor of 5 x. Meaning if you fit Surge Protection Device and Arc Fault Detection Device and RCBO the cost of each unit is currently around £150 ish so a 6 way unit will now cost around £1000 plus as opposed to a year or so ago 2-300. I say this as this really is a scam on the part of large corporations imho.
Anyway upgrade is the way to go. If you are living in flats depending on the size you may have to fit AFDD. It looks like your supply has an earth, which is good, as the whole system (earthing) looks in need of some upgrading as well. In theory you could run a cooker from it as there is probably a circuit already there for one. It would need testing as a matter of being safe before connecting though.
Anyway upgrade is the way to go. If you are living in flats depending on the size you may have to fit AFDD. It looks like your supply has an earth, which is good, as the whole system (earthing) looks in need of some upgrading as well. In theory you could run a cooker from it as there is probably a circuit already there for one. It would need testing as a matter of being safe before connecting though.