# FRIENDS OF KING ALFRED BUSES

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1175535
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Registered:** Nov. 2, 2017
- **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=1175535


## Contact

- **Address:** 2 Highcroft Road, WINCHESTER, Hampshire
- **Postcode:** SO22 5GJ
- **Phone:** 01962849268
- **Email:** info@kingalfredbuses.org.uk
- **Website:** www.kingalfredbuses.org.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC BY INCREASING KNOWLEDGE AND INTEREST IN ALL ASPECTS OF THE TRANSPORT HERITAGE, VEHICLES AND ARTEFACTS OF BUS AND COACH OPERATIONS BY R. CHISNELL & SONS LIMITED (T/A KING ALFRED MOTOR SERVICES) AND OTHER OPERATORS LOCAL TO THE CITY OF WINCHESTER AND SURROUNDING AREAS.

**Activities:** The Friends of King Alfred Buses (FoKAB) preserves and maintains a unique collection of 13 buses, 3 coaches and 1 car once operated by the former King Alfred Motor Services Ltd, Winchester, between 1920 and 1973.  By encouraging the public to experience free travel on preserved buses the group endeavours to create a wider appreciation of public transport.




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Services
- **What:** Education/training
- **Who:** The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Hampshire



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 31, 2025 | £101341 | £88743 | — | — |
| May 31, 2024 | £169817 | £173315 | — | — |
| May 31, 2023 | £184592 | £124362 | — | — |
| May 31, 2022 | £137054 | £88842 | — | — |
| May 31, 2021 | £86062 | £84203 | — | — |



## Trustees

- **JAMES DAVID FERDINAND FREEMAN** (Chair) — appointed Oct. 1, 2010
- DAVID RICHARD LEDBURY — appointed Aug. 12, 2017
- HENRY PRATT — appointed April 13, 2019
- Nicholas Philip Richardson — appointed May 8, 2021
- ROGER CHARLES HARRIS — appointed Aug. 12, 2017
- Richard Aldous — appointed Oct. 9, 2024
- STEPHEN GEORGE BIGLEY — appointed Oct. 1, 2011
- William Lennox Staniforth — appointed Oct. 9, 2024