# THE FAIRGROUND HERITAGE TRUST

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 293579
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Registered:** Jan. 29, 1986
- **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=293579


## Contact

- **Address:** GD Accountancy, 7A Bridge Street, Hatherleigh, OKEHAMPTON, Devon
- **Postcode:** EX20 3HU
- **Phone:** 01566783425
- **Email:** secretary@fairground-heritage.org.uk
- **Website:** www.fairground-heritage.org.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** TO PROMOTE THE STUDY OF THE FAIRGROUND IN ITS EVERY ASPECT, INCLUDING ITS INSTITUTIONS, ITS SOCIAL HISTORY, THE HISTORY OF BRITISH SHOWMEN, THE DEVELOPMENT OF FAIRGROUND AMUSEMENTS, MECHANICAL RIDES, TRANSPORT AND POPULAR ENTERTAINMENTS AND THE VARIOUS ART FORMS RELATED STUDIES TO THE PUBLIC.

**Activities:** The acquisition and restoration of vintage fairground equipment for posterity.  The Trust also aims to promote the study of the fairground in its every aspect, including its institutions, social history, history of British Showmen, the development of fairground amusements, mechanical rides, transport and popular entertainments and the various art forms related to the public.

**Area of benefit:** NOT DEFINED




## Classification

- **How:** Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body
- **What:** Arts/culture/heritage/science, Environment/conservation/heritage
- **Who:** The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Scotland
- Throughout England And Wales



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 31, 2025 | £282754 | £237627 | — | — |
| March 31, 2024 | £23654 | £39924 | — | — |
| March 31, 2023 | £61896 | £132998 | — | — |
| March 31, 2022 | £252959 | £143652 | — | — |
| March 31, 2021 | £179686 | £145842 | — | — |



## Trustees

- ANTHONY SIMON REED — appointed Dec. 3, 2005
- Aaron Stephens — appointed April 1, 2020
- Amy Goodwin — appointed April 1, 2020
- DAVID WALLIS
- GUY BELSHAW — appointed Aug. 27, 2011
- KEVIN GAMLEN — appointed Aug. 30, 2011
- RICHARD HENRY CLUTTON WARD
- Robert Joseph Saffery Gambrill — appointed Nov. 26, 2025