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East Lancashire Railway Trust Limited

Country
England & Wales
Charity number
701034
Status
Registered
Registered
Jan. 31, 1989
Legal form
Charitable company
Company number
01865059

Address

Address
Financial Services
Town Hall
Knowsley Street
Bury
BL9 0SW

Activities

The charity aims to educate the public on technical matters relating to railways, their construction and maintenance, engines, steam tractions and engineering skills and the importance of the railway in the industrial and social history of the towns and villages on the line from Heywood to Rawtenstall.

Objects: To Advance The Education Of The Public In Such Subjects Of Educational Value Including:- (I) Technical Matters Relating To Railways, Their Construction And Maintenance, Engines, Steam Traction And Engineering Skills, And (Ii) The Industrial And Social History Of East Lancashire (And Particularly Of The Towns And Villages On The Railway From Castleton, Rochdale To Rawtenstall, Lancashire) And The Importance Of The Railway In Such History.

Classification

How
Makes Grants To Organisations, Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space
What
Education/training, Environment/conservation/heritage
Who
The General Public/mankind

Geography

Local Authority
Bury, Lancashire, Rochdale

Finances

Period end Income Expenditure
March 31, 2025 £86,588 £97,128
March 31, 2024 £72,523 £206,513
March 31, 2023 £49,629 £155,730
March 31, 2022 £50,281 £63,704
March 31, 2021 £50,295 £332,923

Trustees

Name Appointed
Brian John Davies JP (Chair)
Councillor Anne Cheetham Dec. 12, 2012
Cllr. Peter Rush Sept. 12, 2022
Cllr. Sean Michael Serridge Sept. 12, 2022
Cllr. William Mark Sheerin Sept. 12, 2022
Councillor Janice Johnson June 1, 2016
Michael Kelly Jan. 1, 2016
Richard Law Jan. 20, 2014
Roy Chapman June 28, 2018