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Modern Electric Tramways Limited

  • 5 trustees
  • Income £2.0m (2024)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 20th September 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
Devon, Dorset, Somerset
Website
www.tram.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
Modern Electric Tramways LTD
Registered
2015

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2024£2.0m£2.3m
  • 2023£2.0m£1.9m
  • 2022£1.6m£1.9m
Earlier years
  • 2021£2.2m£1.7m
  • 2020£1.5m£1.2m

Income trend, 2020 to 2024.

Income source mix, 2023: Government grants 1%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

THE ONLY OBJECTS FOR WHICH THE CHARITY IS ESTABLISHED ARE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT TO:3.1.1 SECURE THE PRESERVATION, RESTORATION, IMPROVEMENT, ENHANCEMENT AND MAINTENANCE OF FEATURES OF HISTORICAL AND INDUSTRIAL INTEREST INCLUDING THE PROVISION OF AN ELECTRIC TRAMWAY AND NARROW GAUGE HERITAGE TRAMS;3.1.2 ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC:(A) IN THE HISTORY, HERITAGE AND OPERATION OF TRAMWAYS AND NARROW GAUGE HERITAGE TRAMS; AND(B) MORE GENERALLY IN THE NATIVE WILDLIFE, FLORA AND FAUNA OF DEVON AND DORSET; AND3.1.3 ADVANCE THE ARTS, CULTURE, HERITAGE AND CONSERVATION IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT; AND3.1.4 TO FURTHER SUCH OTHER EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE OBJECTIVES AS THE DIRECTORS, IN THEIR DISCRETION, DETERMINE.WHERE THE AREA OF BENEFIT MEANS THE SOUTH WEST OF ENGLAND.

Grants received

5 grants · £1,254,900 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

  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £652,600 (2 grants)
  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund · £602,300 (3 grants)

Most recent

  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund £88,6002024-12-04
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport £217,5002021-03-08
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport £435,1002020-10-14
  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund £48,7002020-07-06
  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund £465,0002017-06-20
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

8.4y median 9y
average tenure
11y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

16.7y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (2)

Portfolio (3)

5
company-linked trustees

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

Education/training 5General Charitable Purposes 5Arts/culture/heritage/science 3Disability 1Environment/conservation/heritage 1

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 7Retail and trade 4Professional services 3

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.

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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.
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£2.0m latest income
ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

0.0 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 4.4 in 2020

59 from 48 in 2020
EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
1164157
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 19 MAY 1953AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 16/10/2015AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 25/09/2015
Companies House
Company number 00519844 · Active
Contact on the register
0129720375 · info@tram.co.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 20th September 2026
Labels
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