# THE 2874 TRUST LIMITED

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1166258
- **Other names:** THE 2874 TRUST LTD
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Registered:** March 30, 2016
- **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=1166258


## Contact

- **Address:** 22 SOUTH PARK, MINEHEAD
- **Postcode:** TA24 8AL
- **Phone:** 07790873421
- **Email:** Enquiries@2874trust.org
- **Website:** www.2874trust.org



## Activities

**Objects:** 1. TO ACQUIRE, RESTORE, PRESERVE, DISPLAY, OPERATE AND MAINTAIN EITHER DIRECTLY OR BY LENDING OUT HERITAGE RAILWAY LOCOMOTIVES, TENDERS, COACHES, WAGONS AND ALL MANNER OF RAILWAY ARTEFACTS AND IN PARTICULAR, BUT WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING, THE EXPRESS STEAM HEAVY FREIGHT LOCOMOTIVE NUMBER 2874.2. TO PROVIDE ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE EDUCATION, TRAINING AND CERTIFICATION OF INDIVIDUALS IN THE PRACTICALITIES, TECHNIQUES AND METHODS USED IN THE OBJECTS DESCRIBED AT PARAGRAPH 4(1).3. TO USE THE CHARITY'S PROPERTY TO PROMOTE PUBLIC KNOWLEDGE, APPRECIATION AND UNDERSTANDING OF THE HISTORICAL, SCIENTIFIC AND CULTURAL ASPECTS OF THE CHARITY'S PROPERTY, WITH PARTICULAR REGARD TO ITS HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE, FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC.

**Activities:** Raising awareness of our current project, promoting membership of the charity and raising funds - the project being to  progress the restoration of a unique, 1918 built Great Western heavy freight steam locomotive




## Classification

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



## Areas of operation

- Gloucestershire
- Somerset



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 31, 2025 | £118500 | £64760 | — | — |
| March 31, 2024 | £24652 | £19258 | — | — |
| March 31, 2023 | £38994 | £52562 | — | — |
| March 31, 2022 | £27911 | £26984 | — | — |
| March 31, 2021 | £60411 | £42467 | — | — |



## Trustees

- **DAVID HAROLD FOSTER** (Chair) — appointed Aug. 27, 2014
- Anne Michelle Sanders — appointed Aug. 18, 2025
- DAVID MICHAEL HOLMES — appointed Oct. 17, 2014
- Daniel James Wigg — appointed Jan. 31, 2020
- Ivan Martin Ginger — appointed Oct. 12, 2019
- Roger William Tipton — appointed Feb. 3, 2025