# VINTAGE TRAINS CHARITABLE TRUST

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1040904
- **Other names:** BIRMINGHAM RAILWAY MUSEUM TRUST LIMITED, VINTAGE TRAINS, VINTAGE TRAINS  LIMITED, BIRMINGHAM RAILWAY MUSEUM
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Registered:** Sept. 19, 1994
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=maximized&p_p_mode=view&_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1040904


## Contact

- **Address:** Vintage Trains, 670 Warwick Road, Tyseley, BIRMINGHAM
- **Postcode:** B11 2HL
- **Phone:** 07903103743
- **Email:** phil.sturgeon@vintagetrains.co.uk
- **Website:** www.vintagetrains.co.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** TO ENCOURAGE AND TO PROMOTE PUBLIC INTEREST IN THE PRESERVATION OF STEAM AND OTHER RAILWAY LOCOMOTIVES AND ROLLING STOCK, MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT OF HISTORICAL INTEREST, AND IN RAILWAYS, LOCOMOTIVES, ROLLING STOCK AND RAILWAY MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT GENERALLY.

**Activities:** The principal activity and object is to encourage and promote public interest in the preservation of steam and other railway locomotives and rolling stock of historical importance. The company continues with the restoration of locomotives and rolling stock.

**Area of benefit:** NOT DEFINED




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Services
- **What:** Environment/conservation/heritage
- **Who:** The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Birmingham City



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 31, 2025 | — | — | — | — |
| March 31, 2024 | £3764059 | £3839722 | £217026 | 37 |
| March 31, 2023 | £4024639 | £3987108 | £277237 | 44 |
| March 31, 2022 | £1596266 | £1870669 | £239706 | 33 |
| March 31, 2021 | £1299711 | £1604390 | £514209 | 35 |
| March 31, 2020 | £3462413 | £4177865 | £819388 | 56 |



## Trustees

- **CHRISTOPHER MICHAEL WHITEHOUSE** (Chair)
- John Minards — appointed March 7, 2024
- MR VIC MICHEL
- RICHARD GRAHAM THORNE — appointed Feb. 22, 2022
- RICHARD JOHN CADGE — appointed Oct. 27, 2021