Registered charity (CIO) · Gloucestershire
Dean Forest Railway Museum Trust
- 9 trustees
- Income £10k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- IAN Alexander PopeChair · since 2018
- Adam James WilliamsTrustee · since 2018
- Andrew Hugh WoodrowTrustee · since 2018
- Christopher Andrew BladonTrustee · since 2018
- Hilary Ann HillTrustee · since 2018
- IAN James StandingTrustee · since 2018
- John MetherallTrustee · since 2021
- Matthew Craig SextonTrustee · since 2024
- Stephen John HowardTrustee · since 2025
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Arts/culture/heritage/science
- Where
- Gloucestershire
- Website
- www.deanforestrailway.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2018
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£10k£9k
- 2024£27k£20k
- 2023£5k£7k
Earlier years
- 2022£4k£5k
- 2021£3k£6k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
TO ACQUIRE AND TAKE OVER ALL THE ASSETS AND LIABILITIES OF THE PRESENT UNINCORPORATED BODY KNOWN AS THE DEAN FOREST RAILWAY MUSEUM TRUST. TO ESTABLISH AND MAINTAIN A MUSEUM FOR THE CONSERVATION AND EXHIBITION OF ITEMS OF HISTORICAL INTEREST FORMERLY ASSOCIATED WITH OLD RAILWAYS AND IN PARTICULAR, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, THE SEVERN AND WYE RAILWAY CO., RAILWAYS/TRAMWAYS IN THE FOREST OF DEAN LOCALITY, AND RELATED RAILWAY COMPANIES. SUCH MUSEUM TO BE LOCATED ON OR NEAR THE ROUTE OF THE FORMER SEVERN & WYE RAILWAY IN THE FOREST OF DEAN AND BE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC IN OLD RAILWAYS, RAILWAY HISTORY AND BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, THE SEVERN AND WYE RAILWAY COMPANIES, AND TO SHOW HOW SUCH RAILWAYS RELATED TO THE FOREST OF DEAN AREA.TO ADVANCE PUBLIC EDUCATION, LEARNING AND SKILLS DEVELOPMENT BY THE ACQUISITION, RESTORATION, PRESERVATION AND EXHIBITION OF HISTORIC RAILWAY LOCOMOTIVES, VEHICLES, COMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT AND INFRASTRUCTURE ASSOCIATED WITH BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, THE SEVERN & WYE RAILWAY, RAILWAYS IN THE FOREST OF DEAN & GLOUCESTERSHIRE. TO ADVANCE PUBLIC EDUCATION AND LEARNING BY THE CONSERVATION AND EXHIBITION TO MUSEUM STANDARDS OF DOCUMENTS AND RECORDS OF HISTORIC, TECHNICAL AND ACADEMIC INTEREST ASSOCIATED WITH THE TRAMWAYS AND RAILWAYS OF THE FOREST OF DEAN AS THE CHARITY TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DECIDE.TO ADVANCE PUBLIC EDUCATION AND LEARNING BY THE PUBLICATION OF PAMPHLETS, BOOKLETS, PERIODICALS OR BOOKS IN HARD COPY OR ELECTRONIC FORM RELATING TO THE TRAMWAYS AND RAILWAYS OF THE FOREST OF DEAN TO ENSURE CONTINUITY OF PRESERVATION FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS.TO SEEK AND MAINTAIN ACCREDITED MUSEUM STATUS OF THE ARTS COUNCIL ENGLAND OR ANY SUCCESSOR OR SIMILAR ORGANISATION REGULATORY SCHEME FOR MUSEUMS.IN FURTHERANCE OF THE ABOVE OBJECTS THE CIO SHALL HAVE THE POWER TO RESTORE AND REPAIR ITEMS IN THE MUSEUM COLLECTION WHERE EVER POSSIBLE.
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.
9 trustees on the board
- IAN Alexander Pope Chair since 2018
- Adam James Williams since 2018
- Andrew Hugh Woodrow since 2018
- Christopher Andrew Bladon since 2018
- Hilary Ann Hill since 2018
- IAN James Standing since 2018
- John Metherall since 2021
- Matthew Craig Sexton since 2024
- Stephen John Howard since 2025
Trustees past 6 years
- IAN Alexander Pope Chair since 2018
- Adam James Williams since 2018
- Andrew Hugh Woodrow since 2018
- Christopher Andrew Bladon since 2018
- Hilary Ann Hill since 2018
- IAN James Standing since 2018
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (6)
- IAN Alexander Pope Chair since 2018
- Andrew Hugh Woodrow since 2018
- Christopher Andrew Bladon since 2018
- IAN James Standing since 2018
- John Metherall since 2021
- Stephen John Howard since 2025
Portfolio (3)
- Adam James Williams since 2018
- Hilary Ann Hill since 2018
- Matthew Craig Sexton since 2024
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
- 1178157
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 30 Apr 2018
- Contact on the register
- 01594845840 · museum@deanforestrailway.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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