# EAST LANCASHIRE LIGHT RAILWAY COMPANY LIMITED

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1186648
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Registered:** Nov. 28, 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=1186648


## Contact

- **Address:** EAST LANCASHIRE RAILWAY, BOLTON STREET STATION, BOLTON STREET, BURY
- **Postcode:** BL9 0EY
- **Phone:** 03333202830
- **Email:** finance.team@eastlancsrailway.co.uk
- **Website:** www.eastlancsrailway.org.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS ('OBJECTS') ARE SPECIFICALLY RESTRICTED TO THE FOLLOWING:TO ADVANCE EDUCATION FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC IN THE HISTORY, CONSTRUCTION, ENGINEERING AND OPERATION OF THE EAST LANCASHIRE RAILWAY BY:A) THE ACQUISITION, RESTORATION, PRESERVATION AND OPERATION OF HERITAGE RAILWAY LOCOMOTIVES, CARRIAGES, WAGONS, STATION BUILDINGS, TRACK BETWEEN RAWTENSTALL AND HEYWOOD AND OTHER ASSOCIATED HERITAGE INFRASTRUCTURE; ANDB) THE ESTABLISHMENT AND MAINTENANCE OF A MUSEUM.

**Activities:** To preserve, restore and operate the railway lines, together with such lands and buildings adjacent thereto in Greater Manchester and Lancashire and in particular the East Lancashire Railway line, for the advancement of technical, historical and general education and for the permanent preservation, of steam and other railway locomotives, rolling stock, road vehicles, equipment and relics.




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space, Provides Services, Provides Advocacy/advice/information
- **What:** Recreation
- **Who:** Children/young People, People With Disabilities, The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Bury
- Lancashire
- Rochdale



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec. 31, 2024 | £5223118 | £5623128 | £628144 | 62 |
| Dec. 31, 2023 | £5538367 | £5914221 | £1028152 | 64 |
| Dec. 31, 2022 | £5130263 | £5245761 | £1404007 | 64 |
| Dec. 31, 2021 | £4572583 | £4018557 | £1525116 | 58 |
| Dec. 31, 2020 | £3268964 | £2895099 | £965481 | 60 |



## Trustees

- ALAN LEE — appointed Dec. 10, 2018
- Carl Phillips — appointed Sept. 27, 2019
- DAVID LAYLAND — appointed April 19, 2013
- GRAHAM THORNTON — appointed Dec. 13, 2018
- Gary Thomas — appointed Feb. 26, 2021
- Keith Whitmore — appointed May 27, 2022
- Michael Kelly — appointed Dec. 13, 2018
- Richard Law — appointed Dec. 10, 2018
- Robert Chapman — appointed Jan. 1, 2020
- Sean Michael Lea — appointed Feb. 26, 2021