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Registered charity · Colchester

East Anglian Railway Museum

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Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources

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Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.

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About

What it does
General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Environment/conservation/heritage
Where
City Of London, Newham, Cambridgeshire, Essex and more
Website
www.earm.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
East Anglian Railway Museum
Registered
1991

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025--
  • 2024£325k£128k
  • 2023£332k£137k
Earlier years
  • 2022£311k£295k
  • 2021£360k£343k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2021: Government grants 22%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

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 FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC AS ITEMS OF TECHNICAL AND GENERAL INTEREST AND EDUCATIONAL VALUE

Grants received

1 grant · £99,800 total

360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.

Top funders

  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund · £99,800

Most recent

  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund £99,8002013-03-21
Board analysis

Board DNA

How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.

6 trustees on the board

4.5y median 4.5y
average tenure
7y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

14.2y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (6)

6
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Arts/culture/heritage/science 6Education/training 6General Charitable Purposes 6

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Retail and trade 12Arts and leisure 4Transport 1

Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.

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Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours

Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£325k latest income · income exceeded spending in 2023 and 2024
40 days
Latest accounts filed after the due dateiFiled after the due dateDate the accounts were received minus the reporting due date, latest filed cycle, Charity Commission register.

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
1001579
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 8 OCTOBER 1990 AS AMENDED 4 SEPTEMBER 1993
Companies House
Company number 02546486 · Active
Contact on the register
01206242524 · information@earm.co.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels
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