Registered charity · Skipton
North Eastern Railway 1903 Electric Autocar Trust
- 9 trustees
- Income £4k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- John FurnessChair · since 2019
- Aaron Charles MarsdenTrustee · since 2024
- Alan John Carey ChandlerTrustee · since 2015
- John CarrTrustee · since 2023
- Martin Derick CleaverTrustee · since 2021
- Neil HubbsTrustee · since 2016
- Peter LundTrustee
- Robert Shorland-BallTrustee · since 2024
- Stephen James HoatherTrustee · since 2022
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
- North Yorkshire
- Website
- www.electricautocar.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- NER 1903 Electric Autocar Trust
- Registered
- 2004
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£4k£2k
- 2025£17k£7k
- 2024£68k£15k
Earlier years
- 2023£8k£5k
- 2022£12k£7k
Income trend, 2022 to 2025.
Charitable objects
1. TO PRESERVE AND DISPLAY AND TO RESTORE, USE AND MAINTAIN THE ARTEFACT COMPRISING THE TRUST PROPERTY BEING A PETROL ELECTRIC BOGIE RAILCAR BUILT BY THE FORMER NORTH EASTERN RAILWAY COMPANY IN 1902 AND TO USE AND DISPLAY THE SAME TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC AT YORKSHIRE DALES RAILWAY MUSEUM TRUST OR ANY SUCCESSOR BODY TO THE SAME AT EMBSAY, SKIPTON, NORTH YORKSHIRE OR AT OTHER SUITABLE LOCATIONS SUBJECT TO SUCH LOCATIONS BEING IN THE OPINION OF THE TRUSTEES SUITABLE FOR USE AND OR DISPLAY OF THE PROPERTY.2. TO USE THE PROPERTY TO PROMOTE PUBLIC KNOWLEDGE APPRECIATION AND UNDERSTANDING OF THE HISTORICAL, EDUCATIONAL, SCIENTIFIC AND CULTURAL ASPECTS OF THE TRUST PROPERTY WITH PARTICULAR REGARD TO THE AGE OF THE ARTEFACT AND ITS HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC.
Grants received
1 grant · £531,000 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 Heritage Fund · £531,000
Most recent
- The National Lottery Heritage 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.
9 trustees on the board
- John Furness Chair since 2019
- Aaron Charles Marsden since 2024
- Alan John Carey Chandler since 2015
- John Carr since 2023
- Martin Derick Cleaver since 2021
- Neil Hubbs since 2016
- Peter Lund
- Robert Shorland-Ball since 2024
- Stephen James Hoather since 2022
Trustees past 6 years
- John Furness Chair since 2019
- Alan John Carey Chandler since 2015
- Neil Hubbs since 2016
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (6)
- John Furness Chair since 2019
- Aaron Charles Marsden since 2024
- Alan John Carey Chandler since 2015
- Neil Hubbs since 2016
- Peter Lund
- Stephen James Hoather since 2022
Portfolio (3)
- John Carr since 2023
- Martin Derick Cleaver since 2021
- Robert Shorland-Ball since 2024
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
- 1105829
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 5 JULY 2004
- Companies House
- Company number 05171008 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 01439771758 · autocar.committee@gmail.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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