# NORTH DORSET RAILWAY

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1181851
- **Other names:** THE SHILLINGSTONE RAILWAY PROJECT
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** CIO
- **Registered:** Feb. 4, 2019
- **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=1181851


## Contact

- **Address:** SHILLINGSTONE STATION, STATION ROAD, SHILLINGSTONE, BLANDFORD FORUM, DORSET
- **Postcode:** DT11 0SA
- **Phone:** 01258860696
- **Email:** info@northdorsetrailway.co.uk
- **Website:** www.northdorsetrailway.co.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE: TO PRESERVE AND RESTORE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC THE SECTION OF THE RAILWAY FORMERLY KNOWN AS THE SOMERSET AND DORSET JOINT RAILWAY RUNNING BETWEEN BLANDFORD FORUM IN DORSET AND TEMPLECOMBE IN SOMERSET (“THE RAILWAY”) AND RELATED INFRASTRUCTURE, ROLLING STOCK AND ASSOCIATED BUILDINGS IN PARTICULAR BY: 3.1 CARRYING OUT WORK TO PROTECT AND IMPROVE THE RAILWAY; 3.2 CARRYING OUT WORK TO ADVANCE TECHNICAL, HISTORICAL AND LOCAL EDUCATION ABOUT THE RAILWAY BY, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A MUSEUM OF STEAM AND OTHER RAILWAY LOCOMOTIVES, ROLLING STOCK, EQUIPMENT AND RELATED ARTEFACTS AND BY CONSERVING BUILDINGS AND OTHER HISTORIC FEATURES; 3.3 OPERATING A HERITAGE RAILWAY FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC; AND  3.4 PROVIDING ACCESSIBLE FACILITIES FOR TRAINING, TECHNICAL EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE FOR THOSE ENGAGED IN THE OPERATION OF THE HERITAGE RAILWAY AND RAILWAYS ELSEWHERE.

**Activities:** Our volunteers are restoring Shillingstone Station on the old Somerset and Dorset Railway, with a section of the original line, to how it was in the 1950s/60s. Work includes the renovation of the station buildings, platforms and railway infrastructure, plus the restoration of heritage rolling stock. We have a small museum, shop and cafe, for the benefit of local residents, visitors and volunteers.




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space, Provides Services
- **What:** General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Recreation
- **Who:** Children/young People, Elderly/old People, People With Disabilities, The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Dorset



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept. 30, 2025 | £164268 | £102789 | — | — |
| Sept. 30, 2024 | £136247 | £97797 | — | — |
| Sept. 30, 2023 | £125791 | £113587 | — | — |
| Sept. 30, 2022 | £96547 | £78443 | — | — |
| Sept. 30, 2021 | £114357 | £55358 | — | — |



## Trustees

- **Gavin Collins** (Chair) — appointed June 12, 2022
- ALAN VICTOR WHIFFEN — appointed June 22, 2021
- Colin Fisher — appointed Sept. 3, 2024
- Diana West — appointed Jan. 1, 2022
- Graham Cooke — appointed Aug. 17, 2021
- Martin Trott — appointed Sept. 3, 2024
- Pete Renaut — appointed May 12, 2025