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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Who leads it
- Paul Harrison GouldChair
- Andrew Keith SuggTrustee · since 2016
- Hilda Mary SimsTrustee · since 2023
- John William DirringTrustee
- Michael John HibberdTrustee · since 2019
- MR Tony ReeseTrustee
- Neil Malcolm CoultasTrustee · since 2024
- Richard Charles William AbbottTrustee
- Robert William JohnsTrustee · since 2015
- Stephen Richard SimsTrustee · since 2023
- William Edward GaneTrustee · since 2023
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.
11 trustees on the board
- Paul Harrison Gould Chair
- Andrew Keith Sugg since 2016
- Hilda Mary Sims since 2023
- John William Dirring
- MR Tony Reese
- Michael John Hibberd since 2019
- Neil Malcolm Coultas since 2024
- Richard Charles William Abbott
- Robert William Johns since 2015
- Stephen Richard Sims since 2023
- William Edward Gane since 2023
Trustees past 6 years
- Andrew Keith Sugg since 2016
- Michael John Hibberd since 2019
- Robert William Johns since 2015
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (11)
- Paul Harrison Gould Chair
- Andrew Keith Sugg since 2016
- Hilda Mary Sims since 2023
- John William Dirring
- MR Tony Reese
- Michael John Hibberd since 2019
- Neil Malcolm Coultas since 2024
- Richard Charles William Abbott
- Robert William Johns since 2015
- Stephen Richard Sims since 2023
- William Edward Gane since 2023
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
- 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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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
- 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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