The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 12th July 2026

The 2874 Trust Limited

Registered charity 1166258 Registered since 2016

Operates: Gloucestershire, Somerset

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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

6.5y median 6.5y
average tenure
12y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

7.1y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (6)

1
company-linked trustees

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Business services 1

Gaps to watch

  • Several long-serving trustees could step down together
  • Narrow spread of causes across the board

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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£119k latest income · income exceeded spending in 2024 and 2025

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.2874trust.org
EmailEnquiries@2874trust.org
Phone07790873421
Address22 SOUTH PARK, MINEHEAD, TA24 8AL

Finances

£118,500 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£60,411£42,467
2022£27,911£26,984
2023£38,994£52,562
2024£24,652£19,258
2025£118,500£64,760

What it does

What

Education/training

Who

The General Public/mankind

How

Other Charitable Activities

Charitable objects

1. TO ACQUIRE, RESTORE, PRESERVE, DISPLAY, OPERATE AND MAINTAIN EITHER DIRECTLY OR BY LENDING OUT HERITAGE RAILWAY LOCOMOTIVES, TENDERS, COACHES, WAGONS AND ALL MANNER OF RAILWAY ARTEFACTS AND IN PARTICULAR, BUT WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING, THE EXPRESS STEAM HEAVY FREIGHT LOCOMOTIVE NUMBER 2874.2. TO PROVIDE ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE EDUCATION, TRAINING AND CERTIFICATION OF INDIVIDUALS IN THE PRACTICALITIES, TECHNIQUES AND METHODS USED IN THE OBJECTS DESCRIBED AT PARAGRAPH 4(1).3. TO USE THE CHARITY'S PROPERTY TO PROMOTE PUBLIC KNOWLEDGE, APPRECIATION AND UNDERSTANDING OF THE HISTORICAL, SCIENTIFIC AND CULTURAL ASPECTS OF THE CHARITY'S PROPERTY, WITH PARTICULAR REGARD TO ITS HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE, FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 28 AUG 2014

Trustees (6)

6trustees
75median age
4aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

The 2874 Trust Limited · 09190414 · Active

PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital) · incorporated 28/08/2014

1 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (0)

No charities share a trustee (from current data).

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