EAST ANGLIAN RAILWAY MUSEUM

Charity number: 1001579
Charity reporting is up to date (40 days late)

Charity overview

Activities - how the charity spends its money

To advance the education of the public with regard to railways in particular by collecting,preserving, interpreting, documenting material evidence and associated information for the public benefit by the maintenance of a museum for items of historic railway interest from the Eastern Counties at Chappel & Wakes Colne Station, and the operation of a demonstration railway and associated crafts.

Income and expenditure

Data for financial year ending 30 September 2024

Total income: £325,200
Total expenditure: £127,770

Fundraising

No information available

Trading

One or more trustees are also directors of the subsidiaries

Trustee payments

No trustees receive any remuneration, payments or benefits from the charity.

What, who, how, where

What the charity does:
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Education/training
  • Arts/culture/heritage/science
  • Environment/conservation/heritage
Who the charity helps:
  • The General Public/mankind
How the charity helps:
  • Provides Human Resources
  • Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space
  • Other Charitable Activities
Where the charity operates:
  • Cambridgeshire
  • City Of London
  • Essex
  • Hertfordshire
  • Newham
  • Norfolk
  • Southend-on-sea
  • Suffolk

Governance

Registration history:
  • 18 January 1991: Standard registration
Organisation type:
Charitable company
Other names:

No other names

Company number:
Gift aid:
Recognised by HMRC for gift aid
Other regulators:
No information available
Policies:
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Land and property:
This charity owns and/or leases land or property

Trustees

Trustees are the people responsible for controlling the work, management and administration of the charity on behalf of its beneficiaries. Generally trustees are treasurer, chair, board member etc. The trustees are responsible for keeping this list up to date and can do this by updating their details as they happen through the online service

6 Trustee(s)

Name Role Date of appointment Other trusteeships Reporting status of other trusteeships
PETER MARTIN Chair
None on record
Brendan Sothcott Trustee 23 March 2024
None on record
Jacqueline Collison Trustee 23 March 2024
None on record
Peter Robinson Trustee 24 November 2019
None on record
Mark Fogg Elliot Trustee 08 June 2019
None on record
MARK CORNELL Trustee
None on record

Financial history

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Financial period end date

Income / Expenditure 30/09/2020 30/09/2021 30/09/2022 30/09/2023 30/09/2024
Total gross income £721.66k £359.76k £310.99k £332.15k £325.20k
Total expenditure £374.06k £343.22k £295.35k £136.83k £127.77k
Income from government contracts N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Income from government grants N/A £77.84k N/A N/A N/A
Income - Donations and legacies £532.39k N/A N/A N/A N/A
Income - Other trading activities £0 N/A N/A N/A N/A
Income - Charitable activities £189.27k N/A N/A N/A N/A
Income - Endowments £0 N/A N/A N/A N/A
Income - Investment £0 N/A N/A N/A N/A
Income - Other £0 N/A N/A N/A N/A
Income - Legacies £419.39k N/A N/A N/A N/A
Expenditure - Charitable activities £12.18k N/A N/A N/A N/A
Expenditure - Raising funds £361.88k N/A N/A N/A N/A
Expenditure - Governance £2.05k N/A N/A N/A N/A
Expenditure - Grants institution £0 N/A N/A N/A N/A
Expenditure - Investment management £0 N/A N/A N/A N/A
Expenditure - Other £0 N/A N/A N/A N/A

Accounts and annual returns

This table shows the charity's record of submitting annual returns, accounts and trustees' annual report (TAR) for the last five financial periods.
Title Reporting year Date received Received Download
Annual return 30 September 2024 08 September 2025 40 days late
Accounts and TAR 30 September 2024 08 September 2025 40 days late Download Open in new window
Annual return 30 September 2023 02 April 2025 246 days late
Accounts and TAR 30 September 2023 02 April 2025 246 days late Download Open in new window
Annual return 30 September 2022 23 January 2024 177 days late
Accounts and TAR 30 September 2022 23 January 2024 177 days late Download Open in new window
Annual return 30 September 2021 23 March 2023 236 days late
Accounts and TAR 30 September 2021 23 March 2023 236 days late Download Open in new window
Annual return 30 September 2020 30 September 2021 62 days late
Accounts and TAR 30 September 2020 30 September 2021 62 days late Download Open in new window
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Contact information

Address:
CHAPPEL & WAKES COLNE STATION
STATION ROAD
WAKES COLNE
COLCHESTER
CO6 2DS
Phone:
01206242524