Registered charity · Durham
North Eastern Locomotive Preservation Group
North Eastern Locomotive Preservation Group is a registered charity (number 1002017) based in Durham, governed by 9 trustees and chaired by John Hunt since 2022. Latest income £226k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 18th October 2026.
Also known as Nelpeg, Nelpg (Charity Commission)
- 9 trustees
- Income £226k (2025)
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Who leads it
- John HuntChair · since 2022
- Christopher John WilliamsTrustee · since 2026
- Colin FoxtonTrustee · since 2018
- John CarrTrustee · since 2022
- Paul David JamesonTrustee · since 2024
- Paul Gerard HutchinsonTrustee
- Richard Alan PearsonTrustee
- Robert John Farran MorganTrustee · since 2026
- Rowland BinghamTrustee · since 2021
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Education/training, Environment/conservation/heritage, Economic/community Development/employment
- Where
- Durham, North Yorkshire, Hartlepool, Middlesbrough and more
- Website
- www.nelpg.org (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- North Eastern Locomotive Preservation Group
- Registered
- 1991
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£226k£232k
- 2024£189k£315k
- 2023£190k£461k
Earlier years
- 2022£217k£237k
- 2021£155k£131k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2021: Government grants under 1%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
PROMOTING AND ENCOURAGING THE PRESERVATION OF RAILWAY LOCOMOTIVES WAGONS AND OTHER ARTIFACTS OF HISTORICAL INTEREST INCLUDING BUILDINGS, CONNECTED WITH THE NORTH EAST OF ENGLAND ALONG WITH PRESERVATION OF BOOKS, DRAWINGS, RECORDS, DOCUMENTS, SOUND AND VISUAL RECORDINGS FILMS AND PHOTOGRAPHS RELATING TO SUCH ARTEFACTS AND VEHICLES, THEIR HISTORY AND DEVELOPMENT.
Grants received
5 grants · £163,925 total360Giving 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 · £95,700 (2 grants)
- Department for Culture, Media & Sport · £50,497 (2 grants)
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £17,728
Most recent
- Department for Culture, Media & Sport
- Department for Culture, Media & Sport
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
- The National Lottery Heritage Fund
- The National Lottery Heritage Fund
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.
9 trustees on the board
- John Hunt Chair since 2022
- Christopher John Williams since 2026
- Colin Foxton since 2018
- John Carr since 2022
- Paul Gerard Hutchinson
- Paul David Jameson since 2024
- Richard Alan Pearson
- Robert John Farran Morgan since 2026
- Rowland Bingham since 2021
Trustees past 6 years
- Colin Foxton since 2018
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (8)
- John Hunt Chair since 2022
- Christopher John Williams since 2026
- Colin Foxton since 2018
- Paul Gerard Hutchinson
- Paul David Jameson since 2024
- Richard Alan Pearson
- Robert John Farran Morgan since 2026
- Rowland Bingham since 2021
Portfolio (1)
- John Carr since 2022
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
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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Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1002017
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM OF ASSOCIATION AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 2ND. JANUARY 1991
- Companies House
- Company number 02570979 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 07976689762 · colin.foxton@nelpg.org.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 18th October 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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