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Registered charity · Shropshire

The Bishop's Castle Railway Society CO LTD

  • 6 trustees
  • Income £7k (2024)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 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
Education/training, Environment/conservation/heritage
Where
Shropshire
Website
www.bcrailway.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
The Bishop's Castle Railway Society CO LTD
Registered
2005

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2024£7k£6k
  • 2023£7k£7k
  • 2022£14k£6k
Earlier years
  • 2021£14k£11k
  • 2020£16k£21k

Income trend, 2020 to 2024.

Income source mix, 2022: Government grants 33%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE HISTORY OF THE BISHOP'S CASTLE RAILWAY AND OTHER LOCAL RAILWAYS, IN PARTICULAR BY THE PROVISION OF A MUSEUM AT BISHOPS CASTLE FOR THE PRESERVATION AND DISPLAY OF DOCUMENTS AND ARTEFACTS WHICH HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO THE ADVANCE OF THE RAILWAY INDUSTRY.

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.

6 trustees on the board

2.7y median 2y
average tenure
5y
longest tenure
0
trustees past 6 years
7.6y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (6)

6
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Education/training 6Environment/conservation/heritage 6

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 7Other services 1

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.
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£7k latest income

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
1111918
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 27 JULY 2005, AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 7 OCTOBER 2005
Companies House
Company number 05520291 · Active
Contact on the register
01588638780 · thesecretary.bcr@gmail.com
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
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