# RAVENGLASS RAILWAY MUSEUM TRUST

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 505295
- **Other names:** THE ESKDALE (CUMBRIA) TRUST
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Other
- **Registered:** June 28, 1976
- **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=505295


## Contact

- **Address:** Maudlands, Maude Street, Kendal
- **Postcode:** LA9 4QD
- **Phone:** 01539721626
- **Email:** museum@ravenglass-railway.co.uk
- **Website:** www.ravenglassrailwaymuseum.co.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** The income of the Trust Fund shall be applied in such manner as the Trustees in their absolute discretion from time to time think fit for the following purposes for the educational benefit of students researchers and the public namely:-(a) The foundation and maintenance of a Railway Museum at Ravenglass(b) The conservation and control of flora and fauna in Ravenglass and Eskdale and their neighbourhood(c) The advancement of educationIn furtherance of the above objects but not otherwise the power:To arrange lectures, exhibitions, shows and similar functionsTo print publish and make available to the public by sale or otherwise of literature reproductions photographs and the likeTo make grants of money for the provisions of scholarships for study and research

**Activities:** Museum Operation & Other Charitable Purposes

**Area of benefit:** RAVENGLASS AND ESKDALE BOTH IN CUMBRIA AND NEIGHBOURHOOD




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space, Other Charitable Activities
- **What:** Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Environment/conservation/heritage
- **Who:** The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Cumbria



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec. 31, 2024 | £36885 | £37395 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2023 | £33264 | £65652 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2022 | £39023 | £60690 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2021 | £79642 | £93801 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2020 | £265713 | £252294 | — | — |



## Trustees

- **PETER RICHARD WAVELL HENSMAN** (Chair)
- David Jonathan Rounce — appointed Jan. 8, 2024
- David Simpson — appointed Nov. 1, 2022
- Dr Robert George Peter Tebb — appointed Feb. 5, 2016
- Georgina Townsend — appointed Jan. 23, 2015
- Matthew David Ellis — appointed Jan. 8, 2024
- Peter van Zeller — appointed Feb. 5, 2016
- STUART HARRISON — appointed Feb. 5, 2016
- Trevor Stockton — appointed Feb. 5, 2016