# BOWERS 957 TRUST

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1061954
- **Other names:** 957 TRUST, BOWERS TRUST
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Other
- **Registered:** April 19, 1997
- **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=1061954


## Contact

- **Address:** Bowers 957 Trust, Railway Station, Station Road,Haworth, KEIGHLEY, West Yorkshire
- **Postcode:** BD22 8NJ
- **Phone:** 01535 645214
- **Email:** michael.curtis@kwvr.co.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** TO RESTORE, MAINTAIN, USE AND PRESERVE THE ARTEFACTS COMPRISING THE TRUST PROPERTY AND TO UTILISE AND TO DISPLAY THEM ON THE UNDERTAKING KNOWN AS "THE KEIGHLEY & WORTH VALLEY RAILWAY" AND IN THAT REGARD TO USE THE TRUST PROPERTY TO PROMOTE PUBLIC KNOWLEDGE, APPRECIATION AND UNDERSTANDING OF THE HISTORIC,  EDUCATIONAL, SCIENTIFIC AND CULTURAL ASPECTS OF THE TRUST PROPERTY WITH PARTICULAR REGARD TO THE AGE OF THE ARTEFACTS AND THEIR HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE.

**Activities:** We own Lancashire & Yorkshire railway locomotive 957 - The 'Green Dragon' in the 1970 film 'The Railway Children' which is in regular use on the Keighley & Worth Valley Railway.

**Area of benefit:** NOT DEFINED




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Human Resources, Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body, Other Charitable Activities
- **What:** Environment/conservation/heritage
- **Who:** Children/young People, Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies, Other Defined Groups, The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Bradford City



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 31, 2025 | £6300 | £1619 | — | — |
| March 31, 2024 | £7500 | £3945 | — | — |
| March 31, 2023 | £2715 | £3635 | — | — |
| March 31, 2022 | £0 | £3153 | — | — |
| March 31, 2021 | £9125 | £10196 | — | — |



## Trustees

- Callum Porter — appointed Dec. 8, 2025
- Christopher Andrew Boocock — appointed March 1, 2026
- Dr John Sagar — appointed Feb. 6, 2016