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Southwold Railway Trust

Country
England & Wales
Charity number
1117041
Status
Registered
Registered
Nov. 28, 2006
Legal form
Charitable company
Area of benefit
Not Defined. In Practice. Southwold

Address

Address
Steamworks
The Old Gas Works Site
Blyth Road
Southwold
IP18 6AZ

Activities

The Southwold Railway Trust exists to promote awareness of the heritage of the old Southwold Railway which closed in 1929, preserve any remaining artifacts of the railway and instigate re-instatement of the railway as a local community and public amenity connecting Southwold to the main line railway at Halesworth.

Objects: (I) To Advance Public Education By The Acquisition, Restoration, Preservation, Maintenance, Repair, Construction Or Reconstruction And Exhibition Of Track, Railway Locomotive, Carriages, Rolling Stock, Equipment, Artefacts, Documents And Records, Together With Appropriate Land, Buildings And Structures And, In Particular, Those Of The Southwold Railway And To Promote And Encourage The Exhibition Of Such Items For The Public Benefit(ii) To Undertake And Facilitate Historical, Scientific, Social, Topographical And Other Aspects Of Research, To Catalogue, Collect, Collate And Disseminate Information Relating Thereto By Publishing And/or Distributing Magazines, Periodicals, Books, Pictures, Photographs, Films, Video Recordings And Similar Articles Relating To These Objects.

Classification

How
Provides Advocacy/advice/information, Sponsors Or Undertakes Research, Other Charitable Activities
What
Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Environment/conservation/heritage, Economic/community Development/employment
Who
The General Public/mankind

Areas of operation

Local Authority
Suffolk

Finances

Period end Income Expenditure
June 30, 2025 £25,755 £36,498
June 30, 2024 £75,294 £25,244
June 30, 2023 £100,266 £22,777
June 30, 2022 £103,402 £84,869
June 30, 2021 £85,668 £17,580

Trustees

Name Appointed
Nicholas Charles Evans (Chair) Jan. 20, 2012
John Laurence Bennett
John Peter Ridgway Nov. 9, 2011
John Handley Nov. 24, 2017
Maureen Ridgway Nov. 14, 2015
Robert Mole May 29, 2020
Richard Ian Stone Nov. 19, 2021
Tobias Robinson Nov. 24, 2017