# EAST LANCASHIRE RAILWAY TRUST LIMITED

## Details

- **Country:** England &amp; Wales
- **Charity number:** 701034
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Company number:** [01865059](https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/01865059)
- **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&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=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.




## Classification

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



## Geography

- Bury
- Lancashire
- Rochdale





## Trustees

| Name | Role | 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 |



