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Registered charity · Dorset

The Somerset and Dorset Railway Trust LTD.

  • 5 trustees
  • Income £332k (2024)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th 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
Arts/culture/heritage/science
Where
Hampshire, Dorset, Somerset, North Somerset and more
Website
www.sdrt.org (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
The Somerset and Dorset Railway Trust LTD.
Registered
2014

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2024£332k£41k
  • 2023£95k£52k
  • 2022£201k£47k
Earlier years
  • 2021£85k£72k
  • 2020£82k£35k

Income trend, 2020 to 2024.

Charitable objects

1) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC ABOUT THE HISTORY AND SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC IMPACT OF THE SOMERSET & DORSET RAILWAY, ITS ANTECEDENTS AND ITS SUCCESSORS, ON LOCAL COMMUNITIES, IN THE CONTEXT OF BRITAIN?S RAILWAY HERITAGE.2) TO ESTABLISH AND MAINTAIN A MUSEUM FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC RELATING TO THE SOMERSET & DORSET RAILWAY AND RAILWAY HERITAGE GENERALLY, AND TO PRESERVE OR RESTORE HISTORIC RAILWAY ITEMS FOR PUBLIC DISPLAY AND DEMONSTRATION.3) TO PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION OF ALL INDIVIDUALS, INCLUDING THOSE WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABILITY, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR SOCIAL CIRCUMSTANCES, WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE.

Grants received

3 grants · £77,000 total

360Giving 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 · £77,000 (3 grants)

Most recent

  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund £4,3002020-07-13
  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund £14,7002018-06-13
  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund £58,0002015-09-16
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.

5 trustees on the board

7.2y median 9y
average tenure
12y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

13.1y
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 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.

Arts and leisure 6Retail and trade 3Professional 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.
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£332k latest income · income exceeded spending in 2023 and 2024

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
1158865
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 18 MAR 2014
Companies House
Company number 08945535 · Active
Contact on the register
01308 422131 · info@sdrt.org
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
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