# WEST SOMERSET RAILWAY HERITAGE TRUST LTD

## Details

- **Country:** England &amp; Wales
- **Charity number:** 265564
- **Other names:** THE WEST SOMERSET STEAM RAILWAY TRUST LIMITED, West Somerset Railway Heritage Trust
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Company number:** [01079916](https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/01079916)
- **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&amp;p_p_lifecycle=0&amp;p_p_state=maximized&amp;p_p_mode=view&amp;_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.




## Classification

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



## Geography

- Throughout England And Wales





## Trustees

| Name | Role | 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 |




