Registered charity · Gwynedd
British Trolleybus Society
- 12 trustees
- Income £98k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Dave ChickChair
- Andrew John BartonTrustee
- BOB RoweTrustee
- David Andrew HallTrustee · since 2020
- David Turner BeachTrustee · since 1994
- Francis Roland WhiteheadTrustee
- Graham Paul BilbeTrustee
- Helen Elizabeth CrossTrustee · since 2020
- John Clift Savage Btech CengTrustee · since 2022
- Paul Christopher DickenTrustee · since 2020
- Paul David WealTrustee · since 2016
- Prof Francis Terry MA FciltTrustee · since 1994
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Environment/conservation/heritage
- Where
- Throughout England And Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland
- Website
- www.britishtrolley.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 1994
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£98k£49k
- 2024£61k£88k
- 2023£152k£69k
Earlier years
- 2022£58k£48k
- 2021£106k£37k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2022: Government grants 14%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC AT LARGE AS TO THE OPERATION AND HISTORICAL INTEREST OF PUBLIC SERVICE VEHICLES BUT MORE PARTICULARLY THE TROLLEYBUS
Grants received
2 grants · £9,500 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 · £8,500
- SHAREGIFT · £1,000
Most recent
- 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.
12 trustees on the board
- Dave Chick Chair
- Andrew John Barton
- BOB Rowe
- David Andrew Hall since 2020
- David Turner Beach since 1994
- Francis Roland Whitehead
- Graham Paul Bilbe
- Helen Elizabeth Cross since 2020
- John Clift Savage Btech Ceng since 2022
- Paul Christopher Dicken since 2020
- Paul David Weal since 2016
- Prof Francis Terry MA Fcilt since 1994
Trustees past 6 years
- David Turner Beach since 1994
- Paul David Weal since 2016
- Prof Francis Terry MA Fcilt since 1994
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (9)
- Andrew John Barton
- BOB Rowe
- David Andrew Hall since 2020
- David Turner Beach since 1994
- Francis Roland Whitehead
- John Clift Savage Btech Ceng since 2022
- Paul Christopher Dicken since 2020
- Paul David Weal since 2016
- Prof Francis Terry MA Fcilt since 1994
Portfolio (3)
- Dave Chick Chair
- Graham Paul Bilbe
- Helen Elizabeth Cross since 2020
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.
Gaps to watch
- Several long-serving trustees could step down together
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.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1033666
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 14TH JANUARY 1994 as amended on 18 Oct 2025
- Contact on the register
- 07803 968272 · btssecretary@britishtrolley.org.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 4th 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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