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East Anglian Railway Museum

Country
England & Wales
Charity number
1001579
Status
Registered
Reporting
Overdue The annual return for the year ending Sept. 30, 2025 was due July 30, 2026. Filing history
Registered
Jan. 18, 1991
Legal form
Charitable company
Company number
02546486

Address

Address
CHAPPEL & WAKES COLNE STATION
Station Road
Wakes Colne
Colchester
CO6 2DS

Contact

Activities

To advance the education of the public with regard to railways in particular by collecting,preserving, interpreting, documenting material evidence and associated information for the public benefit by the maintenance of a museum for items of historic railway interest from the Eastern Counties at Chappel & Wakes Colne Station, and the operation of a demonstration railway and associated crafts.

Objects: To Advance The Education Of The Public With Regard To Railways In Particular By Collecting, Preserving, Interpreting, Documenting Material Evidence And Associated Information For The Public Benefit By The Maintenance Of A Museum For Items Of Historic Railway Interest For The Benefit Of The Public As Items Of Technical And General Interest And Educational Value

Classification

How
Provides Human Resources, Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space, Other Charitable Activities
What
General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Environment/conservation/heritage
Who
The General Public/mankind

Geography

Area of benefit
Chappel And Wakes Colne, Essex
Local Authority
Cambridgeshire, City Of London, Essex, Hertfordshire, Newham, Norfolk, Southend-on-sea, Suffolk

Finances

Period end Filed Income Expenditure Assets Employees
Sept. 30, 2025 OverdueDue July 30, 2026 - - - -
Sept. 30, 2024 Sept. 8, 202540 days late £325,200 £127,770 - -
Sept. 30, 2023 April 2, 2025246 days late £332,146 £136,831 - -
Sept. 30, 2022 Jan. 23, 2024177 days late £310,987 £295,349 - -
Sept. 30, 2021 March 23, 2023236 days late £359,758 £343,223 - -
Sept. 30, 2020 Sept. 30, 202162 days late £721,655 £374,060 £1,813,778 9

Trustees

Name Appointed
Peter Martin (Chair)
Brendan Sothcott March 23, 2024
Jacqueline Collison March 23, 2024
Mark Cornell
Mark Fogg Elliot June 8, 2019
Peter Robinson Nov. 24, 2019