# SOUTHWOLD RAILWAY TRUST

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1117041
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Registered:** Nov. 28, 2006
- **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=1117041


## Contact

- **Address:** Steamworks, The Old Gas Works Site, Blyth Road, Southwold
- **Postcode:** IP18 6AZ
- **Phone:** 07914519096
- **Email:** mail@southwoldrailway.co.uk
- **Website:** www.southwoldrailway.co.uk



## Activities

**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.

**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.

**Area of benefit:** NOT DEFINED. IN PRACTICE. SOUTHWOLD




## 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

- Suffolk



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 30, 2025 | £25755 | £36498 | — | — |
| June 30, 2024 | £75294 | £25244 | — | — |
| June 30, 2023 | £100266 | £22777 | — | — |
| June 30, 2022 | £103402 | £84869 | — | — |
| June 30, 2021 | £85668 | £17580 | — | — |



## Trustees

- **NICHOLAS CHARLES EVANS** (Chair) — appointed Jan. 20, 2012
- JOHN LAURENCE BENNETT
- JOHN PETER RIDGWAY — appointed Nov. 9, 2011
- John Handley — appointed Nov. 24, 2017
- Maureen Ridgway — appointed Nov. 14, 2015
- ROBERT MOLE — appointed May 29, 2020
- Richard Ian Stone — appointed Nov. 19, 2021
- Tobias Robinson — appointed Nov. 24, 2017