Registered charity · Merseyside
The Merseyside Tramway Preservation Society LTD
- 8 trustees
- Income £10k (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
- Knowsley, Liverpool City, Sefton, Wirral and more
- Website
- www.mtps.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- The Merseyside Tramway Preservation Society Limited
- Registered
- 2002
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£10k£35k
- 2024£14k£12k
- 2023£43k£27k
Earlier years
- 2022£34k£16k
- 2021£11k£26k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
THE OBJECTS FOR WHICH THE SOCIETY IS ESTABLISHED:-A) TO ESTABLISH AND MAINTAIN FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC, A TRAMWAY AND TRANSPORT MUSEUM AND FOR THE LIKE PURPOSE, TO PROMOTE THE PERMANENT PRESERVATION OF TRAMWAY AND ASSOCIATED VEHICLES OF GENERAL INTEREST OR EQUIPMENT OR ANY OTHER ITEMS OF TRANSPORT INTEREST OR OF ACTUAL OR POTENTIAL HISTORICAL OR SCIENTIFIC IMPORTANCE OF EDUCATIONAL VALUE WITH PARTICULAR REFERENCE TO ITEMS HAVING A CONNECTION WITH THE AREA COMPRISED WITHIN THE COUNTRY OF MERSEYSIDE.B) TO TAKE OVER AND HOLD THE WHOLE OR ANY PART OF THE UNDERTAKING AND THE REAL AND PERSONAL PROPERTY OF, AND TO TAKE OVER AND UNDERTAKE THE PERFORMANCE AND DISCHARGE OF ALL OR ANY OF THE LIABILITIES OF, AND ( SO FAR AS THE SAME IS NOT INCONSISTENT WITH ANY OTHER PROVISION OF THIS MEMORANDUM) TO CONTINUE TO CARRY ON THE WORK HERETOFORE CARRIED ON BY THE EXISTING UNINCORPORATED SOCIETY KNOWN AS THE "MERSEYSIDE TRAMWAY PRESERVATION SOCIETY" WHICH WAS FOUNDED IN THE YEAR 1960.
Grants received
1 grant · £699 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 Community Fund · £699
Most recent
- The National Lottery Community 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.
8 trustees on the board
- Terence John Martin Chair
- Brian Caraher since 2012
- Charles Michael Mercer since 2022
- David Corey since 2022
- Ieuan Keith Rayner since 2014
- Keith John Carmichael
- Ronald Martin
- Robert Jones
Trustees past 6 years
- Brian Caraher since 2012
- Ieuan Keith Rayner since 2014
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (8)
- Terence John Martin Chair
- Brian Caraher since 2012
- Charles Michael Mercer since 2022
- David Corey since 2022
- Ieuan Keith Rayner since 2014
- Keith John Carmichael
- Ronald Martin
- Robert Jones
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
- 1092127
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 14 FEBRUARY 2002
- Companies House
- Company number 04374320 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 01516380547 · mtpsenquiries@yahoo.co.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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