# THE FAIRGROUND HERITAGE TRUST

## Details

- **Country:** England &amp; Wales
- **Charity number:** 293579
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Company number:** [01978359](https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/01978359)
- **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&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=293579


## Contact

- **Address:** GD Accountancy, 7A Bridge Street, Hatherleigh, OKEHAMPTON, Devon
- **Postcode:** EX20 3HU
- **Phone:** 01566 783425
- **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.




## Classification

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



## Geography

- Scotland
- Throughout England And Wales





## Trustees

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




