# Watercress Line Heritage Railway Trust Limited

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 284406
- **Other names:** MID-HANTS RAILWAY PRESERVATION SOCIETY LIMITED, WATERCRESS LINE
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Registered:** May 25, 1982
- **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=284406


## Contact

- **Address:** Watercress Line, HerItage Railway Trust Ltd, Alresford Station, Station Road, Alresford
- **Postcode:** SO24 9JG
- **Phone:** 01962733810
- **Email:** groupsecretary@watercressline.co.uk
- **Website:** www.watercressline.co.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** 2. Objects2.1 The Charity's objects are (for public benefit) to preserve, restore, maintain, operate, exhibit, educate, instruct, stimulate, promote and encourage interest in heritage railways, locomotives, rolling stock, buildings, artifacts and equipment and to foster and support railway preservation.2.2 Nothing in these Articles shall authorise an application of the property of the Charity for purposes which are not charitable in accordance with any statutory provision regarding the meaning of the word "charitable" or the words "charitable purposes" in force in any part of the United Kingdom.

**Activities:** The Charity's objects are to preserve, restore, maintain, operate, exhibit, educate, instruct, stimulate, promote and encourage interest in heritage railways, locomotives, rolling stock, buildings, artifacts and equipment and to foster and support railway preservation. It provides strategic direction to its subsidiary, Mid-Hants Railway Ltd, which  operates the Watercress Line.

**Area of benefit:** ALRESFORD




## Classification

- **How:** Makes Grants To Organisations, Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space, Provides Services, Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body, Other Charitable Activities
- **What:** Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Environment/conservation/heritage, Economic/community Development/employment, Recreation, Other Charitable Purposes
- **Who:** Children/young People, The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Hampshire
- Portsmouth City
- Southampton City
- Surrey
- West Berkshire



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 31, 2025 | £3658953 | £3811954 | £6465384 | 44 |
| March 31, 2024 | £3846638 | £3418544 | £9009557 | 42 |
| March 31, 2023 | £3914320 | £4911080 | £8547276 | 44 |
| March 31, 2022 | £4643677 | £3778111 | £9543901 | 45 |
| Jan. 31, 2021 | £3102562 | £2708740 | £8674562 | 45 |



## Trustees

- Baron Michael Edward David de Styrcea — appointed Feb. 28, 2026
- Gregory Hamilton Watson — appointed Dec. 18, 2018
- Jonathan Charles Robert Morris — appointed Feb. 5, 2024
- Sabrina Lee-Anne Marsden — appointed Feb. 28, 2026
- Stephen Nicholas Evans — appointed Dec. 18, 2018