# RIBBLE STEAM RAILWAY LIMITED

## Details

- **Country:** England &amp; Wales
- **Charity number:** 507266
- **Other names:** STEAMPORT SOUTHPORT LIMITED, RIBBLE STEAM RAILWAY
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Registered:** Feb. 23, 1978
- **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=507266


## Contact

- **Address:** Ribble Steam Railway, Chain Caul Road, Ashton-On-Ribble, PRESTON
- **Postcode:** PR2 2PD
- **Phone:** 01772 728800
- **Email:** enquiries@ribblesteam.org.uk
- **Website:** www.ribblesteam.org.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** TO ENCOURAGE AND PROMOTE PUBLIC INTEREST IN THE PRESERVATION OF STEAM AND OTHER RAILWAY LOCOMOTIVES AND ROLLING STOCK MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT OF HISTORICAL INTEREST AND IN RAILWAYS ROAD WATER AND OTHER FORMS OF TRANSPORT BETWEEN PERSONS INTERESTED IN SUCH MATTERS.

**Activities:** Ribble Steam Railway Ltd operates a heritage railway in Preston Lancashire which includes an accredited museum with railway locomotives and other historic items on display.

**Area of benefit:** NOT DEFINED




## Classification

- **How:** Other Charitable Activities
- **What:** General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Environment/conservation/heritage
- **Who:** The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Lancashire



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec. 31, 2024 | £302554 | £301668 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2023 | £349107 | £283714 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2022 | £258829 | £260976 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2021 | £404041 | £388847 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2020 | £133751 | £179859 | — | — |



## Trustees

- David William Watkins — appointed Feb. 23, 1978
- Katie Marie Smith — appointed Oct. 22, 2024
- MATTHEW BURKE — appointed June 21, 2011
- MR ANDREW RUSSELL WALKER
- MR MICHAEL BAILEY
- Mr Timothy Owen — appointed Sept. 19, 2017
- STEWART IAN WAUGH — appointed Oct. 26, 2021
- alison pinch — appointed Sept. 19, 2017
- david billington — appointed Sept. 30, 2025
- graham nicholas mortimore — appointed Sept. 30, 2025
- peter liddle — appointed Nov. 15, 2022
- stephen cain — appointed Sept. 24, 2019


