# THE BUS ARCHIVE

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1177343
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** CIO
- **Registered:** Feb. 27, 2018
- **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=1177343


## Contact

- **Address:** The Bus Archive, 100-102 Sandwell Street, WALSALL
- **Postcode:** WS1 3EB
- **Phone:** 01922629358
- **Email:** hello@busarchive.org.uk
- **Website:** www.busarchive.org.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE EVOLUTION AND HISTORY OF THE TRANSPORTATION OF PEOPLE AND TANGIBLE GOODS AND IN PARTICULAR ROAD PASSENGER TRANSPORT IN THE UNITED KINGDOM BY ANY OR ALL OF THE FOLLOWING MEANS:(A) COLLECTING, PROCURING AND PRESERVING, RECORDS (OF A FACTUAL AND/OR SUBJECTIVE NATURE), DRAWINGS, PHOTOGRAPHS, FILMS, PUBLICATIONS AND ANY OTHER MATERIALS RELATING TO THE SUBJECT (MATERIALS); AND (B) ESTABLISHING AND MAINTAINING NOT LESS THAN ONE ARCHIVE AND LIBRARY PRESERVING THE MATERIALS, OPEN TO THE PUBLIC FOR STUDY AND RESEARCH.

**Activities:** We collect and preserve records relating to the history of road passenger transport (buses, trams, trolleybuses) and we provide an archive open to the public for education and research.




## Classification

- **How:** Sponsors Or Undertakes Research, Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body
- **What:** Education/training
- **Who:** The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Northern Ireland
- Scotland
- Throughout England And Wales



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec. 31, 2024 | £398570 | £129420 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2023 | £210596 | £556680 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2022 | £300910 | £100516 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2021 | £359353 | £97793 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2020 | £142812 | £89659 | — | — |



## Trustees

- **BRIAN ROBERT KING** (Chair) — appointed Feb. 27, 2018
- JULIAN HENRY PEDDLE — appointed Feb. 27, 2018
- LAURIE JOHN POWELL — appointed Jan. 20, 2025
- Leon Alistair Daniels OBE — appointed May 29, 2018
- Neil James Barker — appointed March 30, 2021
- Nigel Wilfrid Eggleton — appointed Jan. 20, 2025
- PATRICK RUSSELL — appointed April 1, 2018
- PHILIP WILLIAM KIRK — appointed Feb. 27, 2018