Registered charity · Derby
Famous Trains Model Railway
- 6 trustees
- Income £8k (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, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Environment/conservation/heritage, Recreation
- Where
- Derby City
- Website
- www.famoustrains.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2008
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£8k£4k
- 2024£8k£4k
- 2023£7k£3k
Earlier years
- 2022£3k£7k
- 2021£6k£4k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
1) TO FURTHER OR BENEFIT THE RESIDENTS OF THE CITY OF DERBY AND THE NEIGHBOURHOOD, WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF AGE, SEX, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, RACE OR OF POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS BY ASSOCIATING TOGETHER THE SAID RESIDENTS AND THE LOCAL AUTHORITY, VOLUNTARY AND OTHER ORGANISATIONS IN A COMMON EFFORT TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND TO PROVIDE FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECTIVE OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE RESIDENTS.2) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC VISITING MARKEATON PARK IN DERBY IN THE SUBJECTS OF RAILWAY HISTORY, DEVELOPMENT, ENGINEERING AND OPERATION, BY PROVIDING A COMPREHENSIVE 1:76 SCALE 00 GAUGE WORKING MODEL RAILWAY LAYOUT DESIGNED TO DEMONSTRATE PROTOTYPICAL RAILWAY OPERATING PRACTICES AND TO DISPLAY AND OPERATE TRAINS MODELLED ON FAVOUR PROTOTYPES ILLUSTRATING TRAIN DESIGN DEVELOPMENT THROUGH MANY DECADES TO THE PRESENT DAY.3) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE UNITED KINGDOM BY ENABLING VOLUNTEERS TO DEVELOP SKILLS IN THE FIELDS OF CARPENTRY, ELECTRIC CIRCUITS AND EQUIPMENT AND IN MODEL RAILWAY OPERATIONS.4) TO COLLECT FUNDS TO SUPPORT THE WORK OF RAILWAY CHILDREN (REGISTERED CHARITY NO: 1058991) OR SUCH OTHER CHARITY AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME AGREE.
Grants received
1 grant · £68,334 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 · £68,334
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.
6 trustees on the board
- Anthony Grenville Hugh Clarke
- Adrian John Maynard since 2014
- Colin Peter Boocock
- David Berriff Jones since 2023
- Peter ROY Stanton
- Peter Roy Woolvin since 2018
Trustees past 6 years
- Adrian John Maynard since 2014
- Peter Roy Woolvin since 2018
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (5)
- Adrian John Maynard since 2014
- Colin Peter Boocock
- David Berriff Jones since 2023
- Peter ROY Stanton
- Peter Roy Woolvin since 2018
Portfolio (1)
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Gaps to watch
- No commercial or business experience on 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.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1126173
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 1 AUGUST 2008 as amended on 15 Jun 2022
- Contact on the register
- 01332340540 · info@famoustrains.org.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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