# National Transport Trust

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 280943
- **Other names:** NATIONALTRANSPORT TRUST, THE TRANSPORT TRUST
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** CIO
- **Registered:** Sept. 29, 1980
- **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=280943


## Contact

- **Address:** National Transport Trust, Old Bank house, 26 Station Approach, Hinchley Wood, ESHER
- **Phone:** 02079286464
- **Email:** info@nationaltransporttrust.org.uk
- **Website:** www.nationaltransporttrust.org.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** TO ENCOURAGE TO THE GREATEST EXTENT POSSIBLE, FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE UNITED KINGDOM, THE PROMOTION OF NATIONAL CULTURAL MOBILE HERITAGE THROUGH THE CELEBRATION, RECORDING, PROTECTION, PERMANENT PRESERVATION AND CONTINUED USE OF: (A) PHYSICAL ASSETS OF HISTORICAL INTEREST SHOWING THE EVOLUTION AND DEVELOPMENT OF ALL FORMS AND ASPECTS OF TRANSPORT ON LAND, WATER AND IN THE AIR, AND OF (B) BOOKS, DRAWINGS, MODELS, MANUFACTURING INSTRUCTIONS, SPECIFICATIONS, RECORDS, DOCUMENTS, SOUND AND VISUAL RECORDINGS, CINEMATOGRAPH FILMS AND PHOTOGRAPHS, AND ALL SUCH THINGS IN PHYSICAL, DIGITAL AND ANALOGUE FORMATS RELATING TO SUCH FORMS AND ASPECTS OF TRANSPORT AS SET OUT IN (A) ABOVE. NOTHING IN THIS CONSTITUTION SHALL AUTHORISE AN APPLICATION OF THE PROPERTY OF THE CIO FOR THE PURPOSES WHICH ARE NOT CHARITABLE IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 7 OF THE CHARITIES AND TRUSTEE INVESTMENT (SCOTLAND) ACT 2005 AND SECTION 2 OF THE CHARITIES ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 2008.

**Activities:** WE ARE THE HUB OF THE UK TRANSPORT PRESERVATION MOVEMENT, WE MAKE AWARDS AND GRANTS FOR RESTORATION PROJECTS; RECOGNISE INDIVIDUAL ACHIEVEMENT AND CONTRIBUTION; ENCOURAGE THE INVOLVEMENT OF YOUNG PEOPLE IN RESTORATION PROJECTS; ADVISE AND ASSIST NATIONAL BODIES ON HERITAGE AND PRESERVATION; MARK AND EDUCATE ON SITES OF HISTORICAL TRANSPORT SIGNIFICANCE.

**Area of benefit:** NATIONAL




## Classification

- **How:** Makes Grants To Individuals, Makes Grants To Organisations, Provides Other Finance, Provides Advocacy/advice/information, Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body
- **What:** General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Environment/conservation/heritage
- **Who:** Children/young People, Elderly/old People, Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies, The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Scotland
- Throughout England And Wales



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct. 31, 2025 | £50343 | £63389 | — | — |
| Oct. 31, 2024 | £51073 | £66770 | — | — |
| Oct. 31, 2023 | £139132 | £62949 | — | — |
| Oct. 31, 2022 | £36555 | £52923 | — | — |
| Oct. 31, 2021 | £34755 | £57833 | — | — |



## Trustees

- **STUART ANDREW WILKINSON** (Chair)
- Anne Christine Hughes — appointed Sept. 14, 2021
- CHRISTOPHER SEYMOUR HEAPS — appointed April 5, 2013
- Jeremy Swift — appointed March 30, 2016
- Keith Ernest Gibbins — appointed Sept. 5, 2018
- Leon Daniels — appointed Sept. 14, 2021
- Michael Peter Waller — appointed May 25, 2020
- Robert Owen — appointed May 25, 2020
- Robert Shorland-Ball