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Registered charity · Somerset

South West Main Line Steam Company

  • 11 trustees
  • Income £121k (2025)

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
Environment/conservation/heritage
Where
Dorset, Somerset
Website
www.yeovilrailway.freeservers.com (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
South West Main Line Steam Company
Registered
1995

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£121k£91k
  • 2024£126k£110k
  • 2023£114k£77k
Earlier years
  • 2022£82k£80k
  • 2021£44k£38k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2022: Government grants 5%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

A) TO ESTABLISH AND MAINTAIN A MUSEUM FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC FOR THE CONSERVATION AND EXHIBITION OF ITEMS OF HISTORICAL INTEREST FORMERLY ASSOCIATED WITH LAND TRANSPORT BETWEEN THE 19TH AND 20TH CENTURIES, AND IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY CONNECTED WITH THE FORMER LONDON AND SOUTH WESTERN RAILWAY B) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN ALL FORMS OF LAND TRANSPORT OF THE 19TH AND 20TH CENTURIES , AND IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, THE HISTORY OF THE LONDON AND SOUTH WESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY. IN FURTHERANCE OF THE OBJECTS BUT NOT OTHERWISE THE CHARITY MAY PRESERVE, CONSTRUCT, DEVELOP, RESTORE, MAINTAIN AN OPERATE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC THE TURNTABLE, WATER TOWER AND OTHER STRUCTURES AND FACILITIES AT YEOVIL AND FACILITIES FOR THE OPERATION OF STEAM LOCOMOTIVES AT YEOVIL AND ELSEWHERE

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.

5.6y median 3y
average tenure
11y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

11.4y
average years in governance
10
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 11

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 10

Gaps to watch

  • Narrow spread of causes across the board

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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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£121k latest income · income exceeded spending in 2024 and 2025

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
1043581
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 16 MAY 1994 AND AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION PASSED ON 29 OCTOBER 2001
Companies House
Company number 02929246 · Active
Contact on the register
07970594797 · yeovilrailway@hotmail.com
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels
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