# WEST SOMERSET RAILWAY HERITAGE TRUST LTD

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 265564
- **Other names:** THE WEST SOMERSET STEAM RAILWAY TRUST LIMITED, West Somerset Railway Heritage Trust
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Registered:** April 18, 1973
- **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=265564


## Contact

- **Address:** THE RAILWAY STATION, BISHOPS LYDEARD, TAUNTON, SOMERSET
- **Postcode:** TA4 3BX
- **Phone:** 01823-433856
- **Email:** info@wssrt.co.uk
- **Website:** www.wssrt.co.uk



## Activities

**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

**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.

**Area of benefit:** NOT DEFINED




## 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

- Throughout England And Wales



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec. 31, 2024 | £3046688 | £77847 | £3640566 | 0 |
| Dec. 31, 2023 | £25428 | £47122 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2022 | £160679 | £72094 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2021 | £259507 | £52056 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2020 | £99896 | £110727 | — | — |



## Trustees

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