# THE TRAMCAR SPONSORSHIP ORGANISATION

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 518466
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Other
- **Registered:** Feb. 9, 1987
- **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=518466


## Contact

- **Address:** 2 Mayflower Cottages, Standish, Wigan
- **Postcode:** WN1 2UR
- **Phone:** 01257426808
- **Email:** brent.higham@outlook.com



## Activities

**Objects:** TO ACQUIRE, RESTORE, REPAIR AND HOUSE TRAMCARS AND TRAMCAR BODIES, TRAMCAR TRUCKS AND TRAMWAY EQUIPMENT AND TO TRANSFER THE SAME TO THE TRAMWAY MUSEUM SOCIETY (WHICH EXPRESSION SHALL INCLUDE ANY BODY OR ORGANISATION WHICH FOR THE TIME BEING SHALL BE CARRYING ON SUBSTANTIALLY THE WORK AND HOLDING SUBSTANTIALLY THE ASSETS OF THE TRAMWAY MUSEUM SOCIETY) FOR PRESERVATION AND EXHIBITION.

**Activities:** The objects of the Organisation are to acquire, restore, repair and house tramcar bodies, tramcar trucks and tramway equipment and to transfer the same to the Tramway Museum Society, Crich for preservation and exhibition. The main function of the Organisation is to build up funds for the restoration etc. of tramcars and enable a continuous sequence of projects in the Workshop at Crich.

**Area of benefit:** NOT DEFINED




## Classification

- **How:** Makes Grants To Organisations, Provides Human Resources, Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body
- **What:** Environment/conservation/heritage
- **Who:** Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies, The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Throughout England And Wales



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct. 31, 2024 | £69405 | £62178 | — | — |
| Oct. 31, 2023 | £41692 | £17648 | — | — |
| Oct. 31, 2022 | £35262 | £39398 | — | — |
| Oct. 31, 2021 | £41857 | £65528 | — | — |
| Oct. 31, 2020 | £64239 | £118835 | — | — |



## Trustees

- **MICHAEL BRENT HIGHAM** (Chair) — appointed July 25, 2013
- Colin Heaton — appointed Oct. 19, 2019
- Francis Alfred Bagshaw — appointed July 19, 2014
- MALCOLM CHARLES WRIGHT
- Peter John Whiteley — appointed July 19, 2014
- Philip Russel Burgin — appointed Dec. 12, 2020