# AVON VALLEY RAILWAY HERITAGE TRUST

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1088545
- **Other names:** THE BITTON RAILWAY COMPANY LIMITED
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Registered:** Sept. 24, 2001
- **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=1088545


## Contact

- **Address:** Avon Valley Railway Heritage Trust, Bitton Station, Bath Road, Bitton, BRISTOL
- **Postcode:** BS30 6HD
- **Phone:** 01179325538
- **Email:** info@avonvalleyrailway.org
- **Website:** www.avrht.org



## Activities

**Objects:** TO RESTORE, PRESERVE, EXHIBIT AND OPERATE RAILWAY LOCOMOTIVES, CARRIAGES, WAGONS VEHICLES AND OTHER ARTEFACTS OF HISTORICAL INTEREST AND THE STRUCTURES CONNECTED THEREWITH FOR THE BENEFIT AND EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC AND TO CONSERVE BOOKS, DRAWINGS, RECORDS, DOCUMENTS, SOUND AND VISUAL RECORDINGS, CINEMATOGRAPHY FILMS AND PHOTOGRAPHS AND OTHER ARCHIVES RELATING TO SUCH ARTEFACTS AND VEHICLES, THEIR HISTORY, AND THEIR DEVELOPMENTT

**Activities:** To restore, preserve and operate railway locomotives, carriages, wagons, vehicles & other artefacts of historical interest and the structures connected therewith for the benefit and education of the public; to conserve books, drawings, records, documents, sound & visual recordings, cinematography films and photographs and other archives relating to such objects, their history and their development

**Area of benefit:** NOT DEFINED. IN PRACTICE SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE AND BATH & NORTH EAST SOMERSET




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Human Resources, Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space, Provides Services, Provides Advocacy/advice/information
- **What:** Education/training, Amateur Sport, Environment/conservation/heritage
- **Who:** Children/young People, Elderly/old People, People With Disabilities, Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies, The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Bath And North East Somerset
- South Gloucestershire



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan. 31, 2025 | £50097 | £122517 | — | — |
| Jan. 31, 2024 | £50357 | £81079 | — | — |
| Jan. 31, 2023 | £41999 | £69204 | — | — |
| Jan. 31, 2022 | £175491 | £171953 | — | — |
| Jan. 31, 2021 | £80190 | £92222 | — | — |



## Trustees

- **Roger Peter Eynon** (Chair) — appointed Oct. 28, 2016
- Joseph Dean — appointed Sept. 29, 2023
- KENNETH HAROLD GOODWAY
- Mark Davies — appointed Sept. 27, 2024
- andrew gamlin — appointed Sept. 29, 2023
- neil parsonson — appointed Sept. 27, 2024
- sara peasgood — appointed Sept. 27, 2024