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Registered charity · Cambridge

The B17 Steam Locomotive Trust

  • 5 trustees
  • Income £238k (2025)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 13th 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, Arts/culture/heritage/science
Where
Throughout England And Wales
Website
www.b17steamloco.com (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
The B17 Steam Locomotive Trust
Registered
2011

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£238k£5k
  • 2024£187k£6k
  • 2023£174k£4k
Earlier years
  • 2022£181k£78k
  • 2021£124k£92k
Charitable objects

THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS ("OBJECTS") ARE SPECIFICALLY RESTRICTED TO THE FOLLOWING:(A) TO BUILD, PRESERVE, OPERATE, MAINTAIN AND EXHIBIT FOR PUBLIC BENEFIT FOR EDUCATIONAL AND INSTRUCTIONAL PURPOSES LOCOMOTIVES OF HISTORIC OR SCIENTIFIC IMPORTANCE BUILT BY, ACQUIRED BY, OR LEASED OR OTHERWISE MADE AVAILABLE TO THE COMPANY AND IN PARTICULAR A LONDON AND NORTH EASTERN RAILWAY, CLASS B17 EXPRESS PASSENGER LOCOMOTIVE.(B) TO USE THE TRUST PROPERTY TO PROMOTE PUBLIC KNOWLEDGE, APPRECIATION AND UNDERSTANDING OF THIS HISTORICAL, EDUCATIONAL, SCIENTIFIC AND CULTURAL ASPECTS OF THE TRUST PROPERTY, WITH PARTICULAR REGARD TO ITS HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE, FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC.

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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.

5 trustees on the board

8.2y median 8y
average tenure
15y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

8.3y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (5)

5
company-linked trustees

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

Arts/culture/heritage/science 5Education/training 5

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Manufacturing 5Retail and trade 2Professional services 1

Gaps to watch

  • Several long-serving trustees could step down together
  • 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£238k latest income · income exceeded spending 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
1144738
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 11 APR 2011
Companies House
Company number 07598363 · Active
Contact on the register
07852161564 · nickjillingworth@gmail.com
Edition
Register edition compiled 13th September 2026
Labels
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