Registered charities in England and Wales
Data for financial year ending 31 January 2019
The Swanage Railway Trust
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Income
£3.4M
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Spending
£3.5M
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Status
Up-to-date
Contact details
- Website: http://www.swanagerailwaytrust.org.uk
- Email: info@swanagerailwaytrust.org.uk
- Tel: 01929425800
Public address
- The Swanage Railway Trust, Station House, Railway Station Approach, Swanage, BH19 1HB
Aims & activities
The Trust's principal objectives are: 1) To preserve and restore for the public benefit items of historical, architectural, engineering or scientific value in connection with railways; and 2) To advance the education of the public in the history and development of railway transportation.
What the charity does
- Environment/conservation/heritage
Who the charity helps
- The general public/mankind
How the charity works
- Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Income and Endowments:
£3.4M
Expenditure:
£3.5M
Assets and liabilities
- £6.0M Own use assets
- £6.4K Long term investments
- £0.0K Defined benefit pension scheme asset or liability
- £1.5M Other assets
- £620.4K Total liabilities
Fundraising
Raises funds from the Public
Trading
This charity has one or more trading subsidiaries
Gift aid
Recognised by HMRC for gift aid
Charitable spending ratios
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Charitable spending (including governance costs) as a percentage of the group’s total income available for charitable activities.
The charity group’s total income adjusted for the trading subsidiaries costs of income generation and other costs to give the percentage available to the parent for charitable spending.
The percentage of the charity’s total income retained for future use.
Accounts and trustees' annual report





Charitable objects
(I) TO PRESERVE AND RESTORE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT ITEMS OF HISTORICAL, ARCHITECTURAL, ENGINEERING OR SCIENTIFIC VALUE IN CONNECTION WITH RAILWAYS; AND (II) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE HISTORY AND DEVELOPMENT OF RAILWAY TRANSPORTATION.
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 27 NOVEMBER 2000 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 11 MARCH 2001Area of benefit
Not Defined. In Practice Purbeck, Dorset.
Organisation type
Standard registration
Policies
Risk managementSafeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Conflicts of interest
Volunteer management
Complaints handling
Paying staff
Land And Property
This charity owns and/or leases land or property.
- 14 Trustees
- 43 Employees
- 400 Volunteers
Trustee board
Trustee | Other trusteeships | Charity status |
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Andrew Leslie Moore | None on record | |
Michael Alan Whitwam | The Swanage Pier Trust | Up-to-date |
Bill Trite | None on record | |
Elizabeth Maureen Sellen | None on record | |
Peter Nicholas Sills | None on record | |
Mark Robert Woolley | None on record | |
Trevor John Parsons | None on record | |
Gavin Christopher Johns (Chair) | None on record | |
Nicholas Stephen Chillcot Coram | None on record | |
Daniel John Bennett | None on record | |
Stuart Irving Magnus | None on record | |
Geoffrey Carter | None on record | |
Randy Coldham | None on record | |
Stephen John Williams | None on record |
Areas of operation
List of regions
- Dorset