Vintage Trains Charitable Trust

Registered charity 1040904 Registered since 1994

Operates: Birmingham City

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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.

8 trustees on the board

2.8y median 2.5y

average tenure

longest tenure

trustees past 6 years

14.9y

average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (5)

MR VIC Michel
Mark Gaskill since 2024
Rebecca Delmore since 2025
Sipho Ndlovu Mr since 2023
Stuart Whitehouse since 2024

Portfolio (3)

company-linked trustees

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

Environment/conservation/heritage 8Education/training 1General Charitable Purposes 1

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

Arts and leisure 8Manufacturing 4Professional services 4

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.

2021

2022

2023

2024

2025

incomespending£3.6m latest income · spending exceeded income in 2024 and 2025

ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

0.0 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 2.8 in 2021

EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.

Income from governmentiIncome from governmentGovernment contracts plus government grants as a share of total gross income, latest Part A annual return.

121 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.

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

Related organisations

7029 Clun Castle Limited 3 shared trustees

Connected through a shared trustee

The Deltic Preservation Society Limited 1 shared trustee
6880 Betton Grange (Society) Limited 1 shared trustee

Also active in the same field

The Green Alliance Trust Similar size; both Environment
Young Somerset Similar size; both Environment
The Port Sunlight Village Trust Similar size; both Environment

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Website	www.vintagetrains.co.uk
Email	GARY.MOULDER@VINTAGETRAINS.CO.UK
Phone	01217084960
Address	Vintage Trains, 670 Warwick Road, Tyseley, BIRMINGHAM, B11 2HL

Finances

£3,577,393 latest income

Year	Income	Spending
2021	£1,299,711	£1,604,390
2022	£1,596,266	£1,870,669
2023	£4,024,639	£3,987,108
2024	£3,779,511	£3,839,722
2025	£3,577,393	£3,682,443

What it does

What

Environment/conservation/heritage

Who

The General Public/mankind

How

Provides Services

Charitable objects

TO ENCOURAGE AND TO PROMOTE PUBLIC INTEREST IN THE PRESERVATION OF STEAM AND OTHER RAILWAY LOCOMOTIVES AND ROLLING STOCK, MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT OF HISTORICAL INTEREST, AND IN RAILWAYS, LOCOMOTIVES, ROLLING STOCK AND RAILWAY MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT GENERALLY.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 27/08/1993AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 17/01/2012AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 07/02/2012AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 13 NOV 2017

Trustees (8)

8trustees

73median age

3aged 70+

Christopher Michael Whitehouseage band 70-74 Chair
MR VIC Michel
Mark Gaskill since 2024
Richard Graham Thorneage band 75-79 since 2022
Richard John Cadgeage band 60-64 since 2021
Rebecca Delmore since 2025
Sipho Ndlovu Mr since 2023
Stuart Whitehouseage band 30-34 since 2024

Linked company (Companies House)

Vintage Trains Charitable Trust · 02848449 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 27/08/1993

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (2)

7029 Clun Castle Limited 2 shared trustees
6880 Betton Grange (Society) Limited 1 shared trustee

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