The Railway Correspondence and Travel Society

Registered charity 1169995 CIO Registered since 2016

Operates: Throughout England And Wales, Scotland

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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.

11 trustees on the board

5.9y median 6y

average tenure

10y

longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

9.6y

average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (10)

Portfolio (1)

John Redgate since 2016

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 11Other Charitable Purposes 11General Charitable Purposes 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 2Education 1

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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£86k 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.

Connected through a shared trustee

Sheffield Wednesday Football Club Community Programme 1 shared trustee

Also active in the same field

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Ulverston Inshore Rescue Similar size; both Other purposes
MPF Charitable Trust Similar size; both Other purposes
Redeemed Christian Church of GOD, True Vine Centre Similar size; both Other purposes

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Website	www.rcts.org.uk
Email	secretary@rcts.org.uk
Phone	01242 516747
Address	2 Daylesford Close, CHELTENHAM, Gloucestershire, GL51 6DH

Finances

£86,448 latest income

Year	Income	Spending
2021	£89,522	£86,070
2022	£81,695	£76,444
2023	£77,460	£89,122
2024	£98,208	£91,923
2025	£86,448	£86,319

What it does

What

Education/trainingOther Charitable Purposes

Who

The General Public/mankind

How

Provides Buildings/facilities/open SpaceProvides Advocacy/advice/informationSponsors Or Undertakes ResearchOther Charitable Activities

Charitable objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE SUBJECT OF HISTORIC AND CURRENT RAILWAY OPERATION AND RAILWAY HERITAGE, INCLUDING BY: 1. THE PUBLICATION OF A REGULAR MONTHLY MAGAZINE, THE RAILWAY OBSERVER; AND ASSOCIATED WEBSITES 2. THE PUBLICATION OF BOOKS CONTAINING DETAILED HISTORICAL RECORDS RELATING TO RAILWAYS, INCLUDING LOCOMOTIVE CLASSES, TRACTION EQUIPMENT AND RAILWAY INFRASTRUCTURE;3. THE FORMATION AND SUPPORT OF LOCAL BRANCHES OF THE SOCIETY WITH A VIEW TO PROVIDING A PROGRAMME OF SPEAKERS AND VISITS SO AS TO ENABLE THE PUBLIC TO STUDY AND UNDERSTAND VARIOUS ASPECTS OF THE PRACTICE OF HISTORIC AND CURRENT RAILWAY OPERATION AND RAILWAY HERITAGE; 4. THE DEVELOPMENT AND CONSERVATION OF AN EXTENSIVE LIBRARY/ARCHIVAL CENTRE SO AS TO ADVANCE THE PUBLIC KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING OF HISTORIC AND CURRENT RAILWAY PRACTICE AND RAILWAY HERITAGE; 5. THE DISSEMINATION TO THE PUBLIC OF PHOTOGRAPHIC IMAGES OF HISTORIC AND CURRENT RAILWAY OPERATION AND RAILWAY HERITAGE. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS OBJECTS CLAUSE ‘RAILWAY’ INCLUDES: 1. STANDARD, BROAD, NARROW AND MINIATURE GAUGE RAILWAYS 2. URBAN, METRO, LIGHT RAPID TRANSIT AND TRAMWAYS 3. MAINLINE AND PRESERVED RAILWAYS 4. ANY RAILWAY IN THE WORLD THOUGH PRINCIPALLY IN GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND.‘SOCIETY’ MEANS THE RAILWAY CORRESPONDENCE AND TRAVEL SOCIETY.NOTHING IN THIS CONSTITUTION SHALL AUTHORISE AN APPLICATION OF THE PROPERTY OF THE CIO FOR THE PURPOSES WHICH ARE NOT CHARITABLE IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 7 OF THE CHARITIES AND TRUSTEE INVESTMENT (SCOTLAND) ACT 2005 AND SECTION 2 OF THE CHARITIES ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 2008

Governing document: CIO - ASSOCIATION Registered 02 Nov 2016

Trustees (11)

11trustees

80median age

2aged 70+

Arthur Reginald Wood since 2016
Andrew James Milne since 2020
David Peter Goddard Fmaat since 2016
David Bird since 2018
David Michael Cross since 2023
Dr Jeremy Russell Segrott since 2025
John Redgateage band 70-74 since 2016
Michael Stanley Robinson since 2016
Paul John Chancellor since 2024
Richard Leslie Morrisage band 85-89 since 2022
Stewart Douglas Jolly since 2025

Connected charities (1)

Sheffield Wednesday Football Club Community Programme 1 shared trustee

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