Registered charity · Halstead
Colne Valley Railway Preservation LTD
- 6 trustees
- Income £31k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 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
- Arts/culture/heritage/science
- Where
- Essex
- Website
- www.colnevalleyrailway.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Colne Valley Railway Preservation LTD
- Registered
- 2014
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£31k£24k
- 2024£48k£29k
- 2023£22k£22k
Earlier years
- 2022£32k£30k
- 2021£79k£61k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2021: Government grants 65%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC WITH REGARD TO A HISTORY OF (THE CENTRAL AREA OF) EAST ANGLIA AND THE COLNE VALLEY RAILWAY (AND ITS SUCCESSORS) IN PARTICULAR BY MAINTENANCE OF A MUSEUM AND BY RESTORING AND OPERATING A DEMONSTRATION RAILWAY, OPERATIONS, EQUIPMENT AND ENGINEERING CRAFTS
Grants received
5 grants · £1,905,669 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 Heritage Fund · £1,857,400 (2 grants)
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £48,269 (3 grants)
Most recent
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
- The National Lottery Heritage Fund
- The National Lottery Heritage 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
- Paul Lemon Chair since 2014
- Adam Croot since 2025
- David Underwood since 2025
- Martin Jonathan Smith since 2022
- Sally Belinda Halls since 2017
- Stuart John Clark since 2021
Trustees past 6 years
- Paul Lemon Chair since 2014
- Sally Belinda Halls since 2017
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (6)
- Paul Lemon Chair since 2014
- Adam Croot since 2025
- David Underwood since 2025
- Martin Jonathan Smith since 2022
- Sally Belinda Halls since 2017
- Stuart John Clark since 2021
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
- 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.
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
- 1157665
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 07 MAR 2014
- Companies House
- Company number 08929040 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 01787461174 · info@colnevalleyrailway.co.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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