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West Somerset Railway Heritage Trust LTD

The West Somerset Steam Railway Trust Limited, West Somerset Railway Heritage Trust

Country
England & Wales
Charity number
265564
Status
Registered
Registered
April 18, 1973
Legal form
Charitable company
Area of benefit
Not Defined

Address

Address
THE RAILWAY STATION
BISHOPS LYDEARD
TAUNTON
SOMERSET
TA4 3BX

Contact

Activities

The Charity is principally engaged in Museums management, Collections management and care, Restoration of heritage railway carriages and Education, Learning and Community Outreach in relation to heritage railways, their social and economic history and their relationship to the environment.

Objects: To Advance The Education Of The Public In Railway Lines, Equipment And Buildings And Their Heritage In Particular By: (1) Establishing, Managing And Operating Railway Museums; (2) Delivering Educational Workshops And Talks To The Public At Large, Including To School Groups, Students And Families; And (3) The Restoration And Management Of Historic Carriages And Great Western Railway And Other Rolling Stock And Related Artefacts For Use On The West Somerset Railway Or For Display And Interpretation

Classification

How
Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space, Provides Services, Sponsors Or Undertakes Research
What
Education/training, Environment/conservation/heritage
Who
The General Public/mankind

Areas of operation

Region
Throughout England And Wales

Finances

Period end Income Expenditure Assets
Dec. 31, 2024 £3,046,688 £77,847 £3,640,566
Dec. 31, 2023 £25,428 £47,122
Dec. 31, 2022 £160,679 £72,094
Dec. 31, 2021 £259,507 £52,056
Dec. 31, 2020 £99,896 £110,727

Trustees

Name Appointed
Christopher Darke April 9, 2025
Don Fraser Sept. 13, 2018
Helen Elizabeth Anson Sept. 24, 2020
Ian Kenneth Coleby
Ian David Camp March 17, 2022
John Robinson Jan. 1, 2024
Martin Hughes Brown May 20, 2021
Michael Henry Thompson Sept. 24, 2020
Steve Williams April 28, 2018