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East Kent Railway Trust

Country
England & Wales
Charity number
1095790
Status
Registered
Reporting
Up to date Last filed Oct. 27, 2025. Filing history
Registered
Feb. 4, 2003
Legal form
Charitable company
Company number
04294363

Address

Address
18 Fernfield
Hawkinge
Folkestone
CT18 7EB

Activities

The East Kent Railway Trust aims to preserve the railway and industrial heritage of South East England. This includes items relating to the former Kent Coalfields.

Objects: To Advance The Education Of The Public By Furthering Interest And Appreciation Of Railway Lines, Equipment, Building And Construction And Steam In Particular To Increase Public Interest In The East Kent Light Railway By Restoring And Preserving Railway Locomotives, Carriages, Wagons, Vehicles And Other Artefacts Of Historical Interest And Buildings Connected Therewith For The Benefit And Education Of The Public And The Preserving Of Books, Drawings, Records, Documents, Sound And Visual Recordings, Cinematograph Films And Photographs Relating To Such Artefacts And Vehicles, Their History And Their Development, And Displaying The Same.

Classification

How
Other Charitable Activities
What
Education/training, Environment/conservation/heritage
Who
The General Public/mankind

Geography

Local Authority
Kent

Finances

Period end Filed Income Expenditure
Jan. 31, 2025 Oct. 27, 2025On time £80,438 £79,990
Jan. 31, 2024 Nov. 23, 2024On time £72,788 £73,611
Jan. 31, 2023 Nov. 22, 2023On time £116,648 £106,026
Jan. 31, 2022 Nov. 4, 2022On time £103,307 £87,000
Jan. 31, 2021 Nov. 15, 2021On time £64,921 £62,394

Trustees

Name Appointed
David John Harris (Chair) April 26, 2014
Alan James Hodges April 23, 2016
Carol Cotter Feb. 23, 2025
Mark Watson Feb. 23, 2025
Matthew Plews Feb. 23, 2025