# THE GREAT WESTERN TRUST

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 289008
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Trust
- **Registered:** April 5, 1984
- **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=289008


## Contact

- **Address:** Great Western Trust, Didcot Railway Centre, Station Road, DIDCOT, Oxfordshire
- **Postcode:** OX11 7NJ
- **Phone:** 01235 817200
- **Email:** info@didcotrailwaycentre.org.uk
- **Website:** www.didcotrailwaycentre.org.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** TO PROMOTE THE CHARITABLE WORK OF THE GREAT WESTERN SOCIETY LIMITED AND IN PATICULAR (I) TO MAINTAIN AND SUPPORT THE RAILWAY CENTRE AND THE STATIC AND WORKING MUSEUM MAINTAINED BY THE SOCIETY AT DIDCOT OR ELSEWHERE BY THE PROVISION OF OBJECTS FOR DISPLAY AND USE AND BY THE PAYMENT OF APPLICATION OF MONEY (II) TO ASSIST IN THE VOLUNTARY WORK ON THE RESTORATION AND MAINTENANCE OF ITEMS OF HISTORIC AND RAILWAY INTEREST AT THE DIDCOT RAILWAY CENTRE AND ELSEWHERE AND THE PROVISION OF EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES UPON AND ORGANISATION OF EDUCATIONAL VISITS TO THE SOCIETY'S PREMISES.

**Activities:** THE COLLECTION, CONSERVATION AND DISPLAY OF ARTEFACTS AND MEMORABILIA OF THE GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY, IT'S CONSTITUENTS AND SUCCESSORS.  USING THIS COLLECTION TO EXPAND, DISSEMINATE AND ENABLE RESEARCH INTO HOW THE G.W.R. ENGINEERED, ORGANISED AND OPERATED IT'S VAST TRANSPORT UNDERTAKING.  THE COLLECTION DEMONSTRATES IT'S INFLUENCE ON THE NATION, IT'S STAFF AND THE PUBLIC.

**Area of benefit:** NOT DEFINED




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Human Resources, Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space, Provides Advocacy/advice/information, Sponsors Or Undertakes Research
- **What:** Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Environment/conservation/heritage
- **Who:** The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Throughout England And Wales



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan. 31, 2025 | £412914 | £135534 | — | — |
| Jan. 31, 2024 | £38203 | £79005 | — | — |
| Jan. 31, 2023 | £69984 | £139669 | — | — |
| Jan. 31, 2022 | £32014 | £42803 | — | — |
| Jan. 31, 2021 | £23894 | £69968 | — | — |



## Trustees

- **Peter Terry Jones OBE** (Chair) — appointed Jan. 27, 2019
- ANTHONY PATRICK ELLIOTT — appointed May 23, 2012
- Matthew Searle — appointed Jan. 19, 2022
- PETER ANTHONY RANCE — appointed March 6, 1984
- Professor George Kenneth Freeman MD FRCGP — appointed Oct. 21, 2021
- Roger William Orchard — appointed July 7, 2018
- STEPHEN JAMES COOPER — appointed April 7, 2009