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Hampton & Kempton Waterworks Railway Limited

Kempton Steam Railway

Country
England & Wales
Charity number
1166913
Status
Registered
Reporting
Up to date Last filed Sept. 30, 2025. Filing history
Registered
May 4, 2016
Legal form
Charitable company
Company number
08428299

Address

Address
Little Danes
The Street
Betchworth
Surrey
RH3 7DJ

Activities

Restoration of historic railway

Objects: 4 The charity’s objects (‘Objects’) are specifically restricted to the following: For the public benefit to restore, maintain and operate part of our industrial heritage, the Hampton & Kempton Waterworks Railway, in order to  - (1) Advance the education of the public about the engineering achievement and legacy of the water industry serving London and the use of dedicated rail transport to serve that industry. (2) To reconstruct and operate, as a public amenity, on the original trackbed where possible, the former narrow-gauge railway linking the preserved Kempton Park pumping engines and the River Thames at Hampton. (3) To construct a branch of the narrow-gauge railway to the mainline station at Kempton Park thus providing an environmentally friendly public transport link to a wide area of West London and beyond. (4) Provide educational and training facilities to – (a) Those engaged in the restoration and operation of the railway (b) Young persons learning early 20th century engineering skills (c) School children and others studying our industrial heritage (5) Provide environmentally friendly access to ecologically sensitive nature reserves through currently inaccessible Green Belt land.

Classification

How
Other Charitable Activities
What
Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Environment/conservation/heritage, Recreation
Who
Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies, The General Public/mankind

Geography

Local Authority
Hounslow, Richmond Upon Thames, Surrey

Finances

Period end Filed Income Expenditure
Dec. 31, 2024 Sept. 30, 2025On time £76,719 £73,853
Dec. 31, 2023 Sept. 2, 2024On time £48,125 £58,277
Dec. 31, 2022 Sept. 20, 2023On time £54,271 £51,709
Dec. 31, 2021 Oct. 10, 2022On time £44,395 £29,070
Dec. 31, 2020 June 18, 2021On time £40,636 £32,599

Trustees

Name Appointed
Bernard John Chorley May 12, 2021
Colin Patrick Clode May 12, 2021
David Bishop Lewis May 12, 2021
James Castle April 1, 2024
Les Munckton April 1, 2024
Linda Diane Roberts Nov. 8, 2022