# THE FRIENDS OF THE SIERRA LEONE NATIONAL RAILWAY MUSEUM

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1179579
- **Other names:** FRIENDS OF SIERRA LEONE NATIONAL RAILWAY MUSEUM, FOSLNRM
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Trust
- **Registered:** Aug. 17, 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=1179579


## Contact

- **Address:** 141 MANOR DRIVE NORTH, YORK
- **Postcode:** YO26 5SD
- **Phone:** 07805612995
- **Email:** foslnrm@outlook.com
- **Website:** www.sierraleonerailwaymuseum.org



## Activities

**Objects:** THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT THE ENCOURAGEMENT, FOSTERING, ASSISTANCE AND PROMOTION IN ANY MANNER OF THE WORK AND ACTIVITIES OF THE SIERRA LEONE NATIONAL RAILWAY MUSEUM (‘THE MUSEUM’) INCLUDING WORK AND ACTIVITY SANCTIONED OR REQUESTED BY THE SIERRA LEONE MINISTRY OF TOURISM & CULTURAL AFFAIRS AND CARRIED OUT JOINTLY WITH THE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF SIERRA LEONE, OR ANY OTHER MUSEUM, ART GALLERY, PRESERVATION SOCIETY OR SIMILAR ORGANISATION PROVIDED ALWAYS THAT NO PART OF THE TRUST FUND SHALL IN ANY CIRCUMSTANCES BE PAID, APPLIED OR USED FOR ANY PURPOSE WHICH IS NOT A CHARITABLE PURPOSE.

**Activities:** We help to build the collection, and conserve and display items in the Sierra Leone National Railway Collection. We promote and organise meetings, lectures and events to foster interest in the SLNRM. We edit and publish of data, information, reproductions, books, periodicals, papers and pamphlets relating to the museum. We encourage the study of railway transport in Sierra Leone and its history.




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Other Finance, Provides Advocacy/advice/information
- **What:** Arts/culture/heritage/science
- **Who:** The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Sierra Leone
- Throughout England And Wales



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 31, 2025 | £22151 | £6448 | — | — |
| March 31, 2024 | £6016 | £5528 | — | — |
| March 31, 2023 | £9039 | £15934 | — | — |
| March 31, 2022 | £47622 | £29866 | — | — |
| March 31, 2021 | £5538 | £5105 | — | — |



## Trustees

- ANTHONY JOHN COULLS — appointed May 24, 2014
- Christopher James William Sutton — appointed July 15, 2025
- Christopher Michael Whitehouse — appointed Jan. 11, 2022
- Helen Margaret Ashby — appointed May 24, 2014
- Iain McCall — appointed Dec. 10, 2020
- STEVE DAVIES — appointed May 24, 2014
- Sir Philip Williams Bart — appointed May 19, 2018
- TIMOTHY JOHN PROCTER — appointed Jan. 10, 2023
- William David Bickers-Jones — appointed June 3, 2017