Registered charity · Suffolk
Leiston Works Railway Trust
- 6 trustees
- Income £5k (2026)
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
- Suffolk
- Website
- www.leistonworksrailway.onesuffolk.net (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2012
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2026£5k£9k
- 2025£6k£12k
- 2024£6k£8k
Earlier years
- 2023£14k£10k
- 2022£14k£9k
Income trend, 2022 to 2026.
Income source mix, 2023: Government grants 5%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE SUBJECT OF THE HISTORIC RAILWAY LINE WHICH WAS OWNED AND OPERATED BY RICHARD GARRETT ENGINEERING LIMITED AND ITS PREDECESSOR COMPANIES AT ITS WORKS IN THE TOWN OF LEISTON IN SUFFOLK, IN PARTICULAR BY:(I) THE RESTORATION AND PRESERVATION OF PART OF THE RAILWAY LINE,(II) THE RUNNING ALONG IT OF RAILWAY VEHICLES DRAWN BY HORSES OR LOCOMOTIVES INCLUDING THE HISTORIC STEAM SHUNTING LOCOMOTIVE "SIRAPITE" WHICH WAS USED ON THE RAILWAY IN THE EARLIER PART OF THE 20TH CENTURY AND WHICH HAS RECENTLY BEEN RESTORED TO WORKING ORDER AT THE NEIGHBOURING LONG SHOP MUSEUM OF THE LONG SHOP PROJECT TRUST(III) THE PROVISION OF WRITTEN, GRAPHIC AND ORAL INFORMATION FOR VISITORS OR THOSE ATTENDING PRESENTATIONS HELD FOR THAT PURPOSE.
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
- Roger Frederick Gregory Chair since 2017
- Anthony Victor Robinson since 2024
- Barrie Greenwood Secretary since 2021
- Dr Jan Jozef Willem Stevens Treasurer since 2022
- JIM Girling since 2012
- Paul Vernon Hartley since 2012
Trustees past 6 years
- Roger Frederick Gregory Chair since 2017
- JIM Girling since 2012
- Paul Vernon Hartley since 2012
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (6)
- Roger Frederick Gregory Chair since 2017
- Anthony Victor Robinson since 2024
- Barrie Greenwood Secretary since 2021
- Dr Jan Jozef Willem Stevens Treasurer since 2022
- JIM Girling since 2012
- Paul Vernon Hartley since 2012
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.
Gaps to watch
- Several long-serving trustees could step down together
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
- 1149897
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 28 SEP 2011AS AMENDED ON 20/11/2012
- Contact on the register
- 01449774405 · lwrsecretary@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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