# EAST KENT RAILWAY TRUST

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1095790
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Registered:** Feb. 4, 2003
- **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=1095790


## Contact

- **Address:** 18 FERNFIELD, HAWKINGE, FOLKESTONE
- **Postcode:** CT18 7EB
- **Phone:** 01304 832042
- **Email:** enquiries@eastkentrailway.co.uk
- **Website:** www.eastkentrailway.co.uk



## Activities

**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.

**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.

**Area of benefit:** NOT DEFINED




## Classification

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



## Areas of operation

- Kent



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan. 31, 2025 | £80438 | £79990 | — | — |
| Jan. 31, 2024 | £72788 | £73611 | — | — |
| Jan. 31, 2023 | £116648 | £106026 | — | — |
| Jan. 31, 2022 | £103307 | £87000 | — | — |
| Jan. 31, 2021 | £64921 | £62394 | — | — |



## Trustees

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