# THE RAILWAY AND CANAL HISTORICAL SOCIETY

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 256047
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Registered:** July 15, 1968
- **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=256047


## Contact

- **Address:** David Smith & Co, 7 Grosvenor Gardens, LONDON
- **Postcode:** SW1W 0AF
- **Phone:** 02072241004
- **Email:** secretary@rchs.org.uk
- **Website:** www.rchs.org.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** TO PROMOTE ENCOURAGE AND CO-ORDINATE THE STUDY OF THE HISTORY OF CANALS RAILWAYS AND TRANSPORT. (FOR DETAILS SEE CLAUSE 3 MEMORANDUM.)

**Activities:** To promote the study of the history of railways, canals and transport generally.

**Area of benefit:** NOT DEFINED




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Advocacy/advice/information
- **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 | £51807 | £49986 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2023 | £58433 | £48643 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2022 | £57270 | £51744 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2021 | £55852 | £36442 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2020 | £45440 | £41752 | — | — |



## Trustees

- Andrew Chester Wager — appointed May 5, 2018
- DAVID CHARLES SMITH — appointed April 22, 2017
- GERALD LEACH
- Grahame    Arthur Boyes — appointed Jan. 1, 2015
- Jane Ellis — appointed May 22, 2021
- Jean Cragg — appointed March 6, 2026
- Nicholas Noel Higton — appointed April 15, 2020
- PETER CROSS-RUDKIN — appointed April 30, 2016
- PHILIP BROWN — appointed April 30, 2016
- Peter Cleasby — appointed May 27, 2023
- Robert Ian Willis — appointed May 27, 2023
- Robert Peter Haskins — appointed May 5, 2018
- Robert Shorland-Ball — appointed Dec. 9, 2023
- Roger Brice — appointed April 30, 2016
- Roger John Taylor — appointed May 27, 2023