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The Folkestone Leas Lift Company CIO

The Folkestone Leas Lift Company, The Folkestone Leas Lift Company CIC

Country
England & Wales
Charity number
1197324
Status
Registered
Registered
Jan. 4, 2022
Legal form
CIO

Address

Address
The Workshop
32-40 Tontine Street
Folkestone
Kent
CT20 1JU

Contact

Activities

Our intention is to restore and then maintain and operate the Leas lift for the benefit of the local community and visitors to preserve this historic water powered cliffside funicular railway and to introduce the history of the lift to the public.

Objects: For The Public Benefit. To Restore, Preserve, Maintain, And Operate The Historic Leas Lift And Its Associated Rolling Stock, Buildings And Infrastructure To Ensure That The Water Powered Cliff Side Funicular Railway Continues To Operate For The Benefit Of The Local Community And Visitors To Folkestone And To Advance The Education Of The Public About The Historic Leas Lift.

Classification

How
Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space, Provides Advocacy/advice/information
What
Arts/culture/heritage/science
Who
Children/young People, Elderly/old People, People With Disabilities, The General Public/mankind

Areas of operation

Local Authority
Kent

Finances

Period end Income Expenditure Assets Employees
Jan. 31, 2025 £533,563 £133,037 £1,254,234 3
Jan. 30, 2024 £629,774 £73,747 £853,708
Jan. 30, 2023 £316,433 £49,096

Trustees

Name Appointed
Catherine Mary Beare (Chair) Jan. 4, 2022
Adam Jay Coleman May 10, 2023
Daniel Ward Hulme Jan. 4, 2022
Edwin Wallace Wealend Jan. 4, 2022
James Walker-Osborn Jan. 4, 2022
Lewis Harold Biggs Aug. 28, 2024
Peter William Oetzmann Jan. 4, 2022
Rachel Louise Knight Feb. 28, 2024
Thomas James McGarry April 28, 2025