Registered charity · York
The Friends of the Sierra Leone National Railway Museum
- 9 trustees
- Income £22k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 20th September 2026 · Sources
Who leads it
- Anthony John CoullsTrustee · since 2014
- Christopher James William SuttonTrustee · since 2025
- Christopher Michael WhitehouseTrustee · since 2022
- Helen Margaret AshbyTrustee · since 2014
- Iain MccallTrustee · since 2020
- Sir Philip Williams BartTrustee · since 2018
- Steve DaviesTrustee · since 2014
- Timothy John ProcterTrustee · since 2023
- William David Bickers-JonesTrustee · since 2017
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
- Throughout England And Wales, Sierra Leone
- Website
- www.sierraleonerailwaymuseum.org (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2018
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£22k£6k
- 2024£6k£6k
- 2023£9k£16k
Earlier years
- 2022£48k£30k
- 2021£6k£5k
Charitable objects
THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT THE ENCOURAGEMENT, FOSTERING, ASSISTANCE AND PROMOTION IN ANY MANNER OF THE WORK AND ACTIVITIES OF THE SIERRA LEONE NATIONAL RAILWAY MUSEUM (‘THE MUSEUM’) INCLUDING WORK AND ACTIVITY SANCTIONED OR REQUESTED BY THE SIERRA LEONE MINISTRY OF TOURISM & CULTURAL AFFAIRS AND CARRIED OUT JOINTLY WITH THE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF SIERRA LEONE, OR ANY OTHER MUSEUM, ART GALLERY, PRESERVATION SOCIETY OR SIMILAR ORGANISATION PROVIDED ALWAYS THAT NO PART OF THE TRUST FUND SHALL IN ANY CIRCUMSTANCES BE PAID, APPLIED OR USED FOR ANY PURPOSE WHICH IS NOT A CHARITABLE PURPOSE.
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.
9 trustees on the board
- Anthony John Coulls since 2014
- Christopher James William Sutton since 2025
- Christopher Michael Whitehouse since 2022
- Helen Margaret Ashby since 2014
- Iain Mccall since 2020
- Steve Davies since 2014
- Sir Philip Williams Bart since 2018
- Timothy John Procter since 2023
- William David Bickers-Jones since 2017
Trustees past 6 years
- Anthony John Coulls since 2014
- Helen Margaret Ashby since 2014
- Steve Davies since 2014
- Sir Philip Williams Bart since 2018
- William David Bickers-Jones since 2017
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (5)
- Anthony John Coulls since 2014
- Christopher Michael Whitehouse since 2022
- Sir Philip Williams Bart since 2018
- Timothy John Procter since 2023
- William David Bickers-Jones since 2017
Portfolio (4)
- Christopher James William Sutton since 2025
- Helen Margaret Ashby since 2014
- Iain Mccall since 2020
- Steve Davies since 2014
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
- 1179579
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- TRUST DEED DATED 28 MAY 2014
- Contact on the register
- 07805612995 · foslnrm@outlook.com
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 20th 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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