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Registered charity (CIO) · Lewes

Brighton Tram 53 Society

  • 3 trustees
  • Income £4k (2025)
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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
General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Environment/conservation/heritage
Where
East Sussex, West Sussex, Brighton And Hove
Website
www.brightontram53.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Registered
2014

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£4k£5k
  • 2024£3k£10k
  • 2023£13k£8k
Earlier years
  • 2022£8k£19k
  • 2021£6k£9k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Charitable objects

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE URBAN TRANSPORT HERITAGE OF THE UNITED KINGDOM, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY (I) RESTORING BRIGHTON CORPORATION TRAMCAR NUMBER 53 TO THE ORIGINAL CONDITION AND DISPLAY AND OPERATE IT AS A WORKING EXAMPLE OF THE URBAN TRANSPORT HERITAGE OF THE UNITED KINGDOM (II) COLLECTING AND PRESERVING ITEMS OF URBAN TRANSPORT HERITAGE AND MAKING THESE AVAILABLE FOR VIEWING FOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC.

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.

3 trustees on the board

12y median 12y
average tenure
12y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

12.5y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (2)

Portfolio (1)

0
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 3Education/training 3General Charitable Purposes 2Environment/conservation/heritage 1

Gaps to watch

  • Several long-serving trustees could step down together
  • Small board - little cover if a trustee leaves

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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Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours

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£4k 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
1157813
Status
Registered
Governing document
CIO - Association Registered 14 Jul 2014
Contact on the register
01273486009 · tram53project@yahoo.com
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels
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