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Registered charity (CIO) · Walsall

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  • 10 trustees
  • Income £399k (2024)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 13th September 2026 · Sources

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
Education/training
Where
Throughout England And Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland
Website
www.busarchive.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Registered
2018

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2024£399k£129k
  • 2023£211k£557k
  • 2022£301k£101k
Earlier years
  • 2021£359k£98k
  • 2020£143k£90k
Charitable objects

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE EVOLUTION AND HISTORY OF THE TRANSPORTATION OF PEOPLE AND TANGIBLE GOODS AND IN PARTICULAR ROAD PASSENGER TRANSPORT IN THE UNITED KINGDOM BY ANY OR ALL OF THE FOLLOWING MEANS:(A) COLLECTING, PROCURING AND PRESERVING, RECORDS (OF A FACTUAL AND/OR SUBJECTIVE NATURE), DRAWINGS, PHOTOGRAPHS, FILMS, PUBLICATIONS AND ANY OTHER MATERIALS RELATING TO THE SUBJECT (MATERIALS); AND (B) ESTABLISHING AND MAINTAINING NOT LESS THAN ONE ARCHIVE AND LIBRARY PRESERVING THE MATERIALS, OPEN TO THE PUBLIC FOR STUDY AND RESEARCH.

Board analysis for researchers

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.

10 trustees on the board

4.7y median 6.5y
average tenure
8y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

15y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (5)

Portfolio (5)

4
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 10Environment/conservation/heritage 2General Charitable Purposes 2The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 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.

Transport 33Professional services 8Finance 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£399k latest income

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
1177343
Status
Registered
Governing document
CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 27 Feb 2018 as amended on 06 May 2026
Contact on the register
01922629358 · hello@busarchive.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 13th September 2026
Labels
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