# THE FRIENDS OF THE NATIONAL RAILWAY MUSEUM

## Details

- **Country:** England &amp; Wales
- **Charity number:** 273829
- **Other names:** RAILWAY FRIENDS
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Trust
- **Registered:** July 7, 1977
- **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=273829


## Contact

- **Address:** NATIONAL RAILWAY MUSEUM, LEEMAN ROAD, YORK
- **Postcode:** YO26 4XJ
- **Phone:** 01904 636874
- **Email:** nrm.friends@sciencemuseum.org.uk
- **Website:** www.nrmfriends.org.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** ENCOURAGEMENT, FOSTERING, ASSISTANCE AND PROMOTION IN ANY MANNER OF THE WORK AND ACTIVITIES OF THE NATIONAL RAILWAY MUSEUM INCLUDING WORK AND ACTIVITY CARRIED OUT JOINTLY OR IN CO-OPERATION WITH THE SCIENCE MUSEUM OR ANY OTHER MUSEUM, ART GALLERY, PERSERVATION SOCIETY OR SIMILAR ORGANISATION.

**Activities:** Publish &amp; distribute quarterly magazine. Arrange evening lectures. Introduce volunteers to the NRM. Publish books on railway topics. Promote the NRM&#x27;s activities.




## Classification

- **How:** Makes Grants To Organisations, Provides Human Resources, Sponsors Or Undertakes Research, Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body
- **What:** Environment/conservation/heritage
- **Who:** The General Public/mankind



## Geography

- Scotland
- Throughout England And Wales





## Trustees

| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| **PHILIP MARTIN BENHAM** | Chair |  |
| Andrew McLean |  | Aug. 17, 2017 |
| DAVID THOMAS |  | Oct. 9, 2013 |
| Dr MELVYN STUART DRAPER CBE |  | Aug. 19, 2013 |
| Graham Douglas Naismith Miller OBE |  | June 8, 2019 |
| Helen Margaret Ashby |  | June 7, 2017 |
| Hugh Fenwick |  | Sept. 8, 2018 |
| Katherine Rolland |  | June 14, 2025 |
| Michael John Hastings |  | Sept. 1, 2022 |
| Michael Rigg |  | Jan. 1, 2023 |
| Phil Graham |  | June 6, 2015 |
| RUSSELL STEPHEN ROLLINGS |  | Aug. 19, 2013 |
| Ross Keith Beetlestone |  | June 14, 2025 |
| Samuel Blacktop |  | June 15, 2024 |




