Registered charity · Ashford
Ashford Model Railway Museum
- 6 trustees
- Income £179k (2025)
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
- Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Recreation
- Where
- Kent
- Website
- www.aimrec.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Ashford Model Railway Museum
- Registered
- 2016
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£179k£57k
- 2024£61k£37k
- 2023£35k£16k
Earlier years
- 2022£34k£12k
- 2022£62k£6k
Income trend, 2022 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 8%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY DESIGNING, BUILDING AND OPERATING A MUSEUM AND EDUCATION CENTRE FOCUSSING ON MODEL RAILWAYS AND INCORPORATING:- DISPLAYS OF HISTORIC MODEL RAILWAY LAYOUTS AND ARTEFACTS IN THEIR INDUSTRIAL, ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL CONTEXTS;- ASSOCIATED EXHIBITS AND FACILITIES CONNECTING MODEL RAILWAYS WITH THE EQUIVALENT FEATURES OF ACTUAL RAILWAYS;- EDUCATION AND TRAINING FACILITIES RELATING TO THE ARTISTIC, TECHNICAL AND ENGINEERING SKILLS ASSOCIATED WITH MODEL RAILWAYS; AND- EXHIBITS DEMONSTRATING THE ROLE PLAYED BY THE TOWN OF ASHFORD IN THE HISTORY OF THE RAILWAYS
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
- Frederick James William Garner since 2020
- Harry Ernest Maynard since 2016
- MR Cliff Parsons since 2016
- Mark Jenner since 2025
- Rupert David Edward Brown since 2016
- Stephen Beck since 2025
Trustees past 6 years
- Frederick James William Garner since 2020
- Harry Ernest Maynard since 2016
- MR Cliff Parsons since 2016
- Rupert David Edward Brown since 2016
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (6)
- Frederick James William Garner since 2020
- Harry Ernest Maynard since 2016
- MR Cliff Parsons since 2016
- Mark Jenner since 2025
- Rupert David Edward Brown since 2016
- Stephen Beck since 2025
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
- 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.
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
- 1168774
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 18 FEB 2014AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 14 JUN 2016AS REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 15 JUL 2016
- Companies House
- Company number 08415538 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 01233333877 · friends@aimrec.co.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th September 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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