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Shrewsbury Railway Heritage Trust

  • 4 trustees
  • Income £6k (2025)

Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources

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Who leads it

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.abbeystationshrewsbury.com (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
Shrewsbury Railway Heritage Trust
Registered
2006

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£6k£11k
  • 2024£14k£16k
  • 2023£53k£52k
Earlier years
  • 2022£15k£4k
  • 2021£5k£4k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2024: Government grants 2%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

* TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC ABOUT THE RAILWAY HERITAGE OF SHREWSBURY AND ITS REGION THROUGH LECTURES, PUBLICATIONS AND OTHER MEANS* TO ESTABLISH AND MAINTAIN A MUSEUM FOR THE CARE, DISPLAY AND INTERPRETATION OF MATERIAL EVIDENCE OF THE RAILWAY HERITAGE OF SHREWSBURY AND ITS REGION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT.* TO PRESERVE, OR SUPPORT THE PRESERVATION OF, FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE CITIZENS OF SHREWSBURY AND OF THE NATION AT LARGE, WHATEVER OF THE HISTORICAL, ARCHITECTURAL AND CONSTRUCTIONAL HERITAGE RELATING TO RAILWAYS MAY EXIST IN AND AROUND SHREWSBURY IN THE FORM OF BUILDINGS AND OTHER STRUCTURES (INCLUDING ANY BUILDINGS AS DEFINED IN SECTION 336(1) OF THE TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING ACT 1990 SECTION 91 OF THE PLANNING (LISTED BUILDINGS AND CONSERVATION AREAS) ACT 1990 AND IN SECTION 39 OF THE PLANNING (HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES) ACT 1990 OF PARTICULAR BEAUTY OR HISTORICAL, ARCHITECTURAL OR CONSTRUCTIONAL INTEREST.

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.

4 trustees on the board

4.7y median 4y
average tenure
10y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

13.1y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (4)

4
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 4Environment/conservation/heritage 4

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 5Transport 2Other 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.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£6k latest income · spending exceeded income in 2024 and 2025

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
1116296
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND . OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 28 JULY 2003 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTIONS DATED 7 SEPTEMBER 2006.
Companies House
Company number 04847614 · Active
Contact on the register
07773537564 · abbeystationshrewsbury@gmail.com
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels
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