# EAST SOMERSET RAILWAY CO LTD

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 271589
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Registered:** July 14, 1976
- **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=271589


## Contact

- **Address:** EAST SOMERSET RAILWAY, CRANMORE STATION
- **Postcode:** BA4 4QP
- **Phone:** 07941 978803
- **Email:** info@eastsomersetrailway.com
- **Website:** www.eastsomersetrailway.com



## Activities

**Objects:** TO PRESERVE, OPERATE AND EXHIBIT FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT FOR EDUCATIONAL AND INSTRUCTIONAL PURPOSES AND TO STIMULATE AND ENCOURAGE INTEREST IN STEAM AND OTHER RAILWAY LOCOMOTIVES AND ROLLING STOCK MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT OF HISTORICAL INTEREST. (FOR DETAILS, SEE CLAUSE 3 OF MEMORANDUM OF ASSOCIATION).

**Activities:** Preservation and operation of a heritage steam railway.

**Area of benefit:** NOT DEFINED




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Services
- **What:** Education/training, Environment/conservation/heritage
- **Who:** The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Somerset



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec. 31, 2024 | £611072 | £516951 | £760337 | 5 |
| Dec. 31, 2023 | £627726 | £537140 | £715250 | 7 |
| Dec. 31, 2022 | £480620 | £524619 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2021 | £353146 | £391868 | £668663 | 7 |
| Dec. 31, 2020 | £322953 | £322155 | — | — |



## Trustees

- **Daemon Marcus John Marston-Grimley** (Chair) — appointed Nov. 29, 2025
- COLIN ROGER COOKE
- Christopher Hopkins — appointed June 1, 2015
- Derek Sharp — appointed March 9, 2018
- Elaine Lavender — appointed May 29, 2023
- Gordon William Fry — appointed Nov. 29, 2025
- Keith Richard Marshall — appointed Nov. 29, 2025
- Nicholas John Dixon — appointed May 29, 2023