# THE GRESLEY SOCIETY TRUST

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1081581
- **Other names:** THE GRESLEY SOCIETY
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Registered:** July 17, 2000
- **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=1081581


## Contact

- **Address:** 40 The Village, Old Warden, BIGGLESWADE
- **Postcode:** SG18 9HQ
- **Phone:** 01767627121
- **Email:** Membership@Gresley.org
- **Website:** www.Gresley.org



## Activities

**Objects:** THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN PARTICULAR BY THE PROMOTION OF INTEREST IN THE LIFE AND WORKS OF SIR NIGEL GRESLEY IN THE FIELD OF SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING.

**Activities:** The society was founded in 1963 to promote interest in the life and work of Sir Nigel Gresley. Meetings are held in the spring and autumn, at various locations, when there are talks by well known speakers. Our journal, The Gresley Observer is published three times a year and the society owns an ex GNR N2 tank locomotive and a 1938 buffet lounge car.  Our website is at www.Gresley.org.

**Area of benefit:** NOT DEFINED.




## Classification

- **How:** Other Charitable Activities
- **What:** Education/training
- **Who:** The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Scotland
- Throughout England And Wales



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 31, 2025 | £62194 | £14586 | — | — |
| March 31, 2024 | £37815 | £26892 | — | — |
| March 31, 2023 | £52414 | £27380 | — | — |
| March 31, 2022 | £50154 | £79381 | — | — |
| March 31, 2021 | £32228 | £196292 | — | — |



## Trustees

- **PHILIP MARTIN BENHAM** (Chair) — appointed March 8, 2014
- Christopher Clark — appointed Dec. 5, 2015
- DAVID RICHARD MCINTOSH — appointed Dec. 5, 2008
- David Frodsham — appointed Jan. 24, 2026
- IAN STUART MACCABE — appointed Oct. 1, 1999
- John Christopher Hartley Nettleton — appointed March 6, 2002
- Mark Alatt — appointed Nov. 30, 2024
- Michael  John Waterhouse — appointed Aug. 18, 2025
- Steven Reginald Leslie Hogg — appointed Oct. 26, 2019