# THE RESTORATION AND ARCHIVING TRUST

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1083582
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Trust
- **Registered:** Nov. 22, 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=1083582


## Contact

- **Address:** 1 STATION COTTAGES, TODDINGTON, CHELTENHAM
- **Postcode:** GL54 5DT
- **Phone:** 01242621464
- **Email:** r_and_a.trust@btinternet.com
- **Website:** www.gwrarchive.org



## Activities

**Objects:** TO ADVANCE PUBLIC EDUCATION THROUGH THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR THE EXHIBITION OF ARTEFACTS RELATING TO THE AGE OF STEAM RAILWAYS WITHIN THE BRITISH ISLES AND NON-RAILWAY ARTEFACTS OF HISTORICAL INTEREST RELATING TO THE SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT IN WHICH THE RAILWAYS OPERATED; ARCHIVES OF PHOTOGRAPHS OF EDUCATIONAL, HISTORICAL, OR ARTISTIC MERIT LARGELY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY RELATED TO WORKING STEAM RAILWAYS WORLD-WIDE, FILM OF A SIMILAR NATURE, AND OTHER PRINTED DOCUMENTS OF HISTORICAL INTEREST TO BE MADE AVAILABLE TO HISTORIANS AND THE PUBLIC THROUGH BOTH ELECTRONIC & PRINTED MEDIA; ALONG WITH THE ASSOCIATED PRESERVATION & RESTORATION ACTIVITIES NECESSARY TO MAINTAIN SUCH ARTEFACTS, AND FACILITIES TO ENSURE THEIR SURVIVAL FOR THE EDUCATION & ENJOYMENT OF BOTH PRESENT & FUTURE GENERATIONS OF THE PUBLIC.

**Activities:** Creation & operation of museum facilities on the Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway, plus in a far wider context the building of a photographic archive of railway pictures covering both the UK and the world at large.

**Area of benefit:** WITHIN THE BRITISH ISLES




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Advocacy/advice/information
- **What:** Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Environment/conservation/heritage
- **Who:** Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies, The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Throughout England And Wales



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 31, 2025 | £9727 | £6675 | — | — |
| March 31, 2024 | £8080 | £4760 | — | — |
| March 31, 2023 | £9359 | £7267 | — | — |
| March 31, 2022 | £8275 | £6683 | — | — |
| March 31, 2021 | £817 | £2169 | — | — |



## Trustees

- **GREGORY WIGG** (Chair)
- ANTHONY GORDON BOWLES
- Ian Charles Boskett — appointed Nov. 16, 2020
- JOHN HOWARD DAGLEY-MORRIS
- MICHAEL SQUIRE CPSA
- Michael John Dodd — appointed May 20, 2020