# EAST LANCASHIRE RAILWAY TRUST LIMITED

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 701034
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Registered:** Jan. 31, 1989
- **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=701034


## Contact

- **Address:** FINANCIAL SERVICES, TOWN HALL, KNOWSLEY STREET, BURY
- **Postcode:** BL9 0SW
- **Phone:** 01612535042
- **Email:** democratic.services@bury.gov.uk



## Activities

**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.

**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.

**Area of benefit:** NOT DEFINED




## Classification

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



## Areas of operation

- Bury
- Lancashire
- Rochdale



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 31, 2025 | £86588 | £97128 | — | — |
| March 31, 2024 | £72523 | £206513 | — | — |
| March 31, 2023 | £49629 | £155730 | — | — |
| March 31, 2022 | £50281 | £63704 | — | — |
| March 31, 2021 | £50295 | £332923 | — | — |



## Trustees

- **BRIAN JOHN DAVIES JP** (Chair)
- COUNCILLOR ANNE CHEETHAM — appointed Dec. 12, 2012
- Cllr. Peter Rush — appointed Sept. 12, 2022
- Cllr. Sean Michael Serridge — appointed Sept. 12, 2022
- Cllr. William Mark Sheerin — appointed Sept. 12, 2022
- Councillor Janice Johnson — appointed June 1, 2016
- Michael Kelly — appointed Jan. 1, 2016
- Richard Law — appointed Jan. 20, 2014
- Roy Chapman — appointed June 28, 2018