Registered charity · Derby
Great Western (SVR) Association
- 11 trustees
- Income £81k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Michael HaynesChair
- Brian Arthur LoweTrustee · since 2021
- Christopher HaynesTrustee
- Colin Richard JenkinsTrustee
- Columb William HowellTrustee
- David Alfred SmithTrustee · since 2021
- David William MasseyTrustee
- Gareth PriceTrustee · since 2012
- Graham John GardenerTrustee
- Paul BennettTrustee
- Robert MasseyTrustee · since 2014
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
- Where
- Shropshire, Worcestershire
- Website
- www.gw-svr-a.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 1999
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£81k£79k
- 2024£53k£50k
- 2023£67k£67k
Earlier years
- 2022£61k£30k
- 2021£99k£55k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE HISTORY SOCIOLOGY AND TECHNOLOGY OF RAILWAYS IN GENERAL WITH PARTICULAR REFERENCE TO THE FORMER GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY ("GWR") AND SEVERN VALLEY RAILWAY ("SVR") (TOGETHER THE RAILWAYS") BY ACQUIRING PRESERVING DISPLAYING AND MAKING USE OF HISTORIC ROLLING STOCK ARTIFACTS, RELICS AND DOCUMENTS RELATING TO THE RAILWAYS OR RAILWAYS GENERALLY:
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
- Michael Haynes Chair
- Brian Arthur Lowe since 2021
- Colin Richard Jenkins
- Columb William Howell
- Christopher Haynes
- David Alfred Smith since 2021
- David William Massey
- Gareth Price since 2012
- Graham John Gardener
- Paul Bennett
- Robert Massey since 2014
Trustees past 6 years
- Gareth Price since 2012
- Robert Massey since 2014
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (10)
- Michael Haynes Chair
- Brian Arthur Lowe since 2021
- Colin Richard Jenkins
- Columb William Howell
- David Alfred Smith since 2021
- David William Massey
- Gareth Price since 2012
- Graham John Gardener
- Paul Bennett
- Robert Massey since 2014
Portfolio (1)
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
- 1078718
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 24 OCTOBER 1998 AS AMENDED 16 OCTOBER 1999
- Contact on the register
- 01332864027 · mick@hitrail.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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