Registered charity · Cambridgeshire
Churchward County Trust LTD
- 4 trustees
- Income £76k (2026)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 20th 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
- General Charitable Purposes, Education/training
- Where
- Gloucestershire, Leicestershire
- Website
- www.churchwardcounty.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Churchward County Trust LTD
- Registered
- 2019
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2026£76k£108k
- 2025£54k£4k
- 2024£63k£6k
Earlier years
- 2023£69k£8k
- 2022£95k£3k
Charitable objects
TO ADVANCE PUBLIC EDUCATION IN RAILWAY HISTORY AND ENGINEERING LEARNING AND SKILLS DEVELOPMENT IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY:(I) THE CONSTRUCTION, DISPLAY, OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, EITHER DIRECTLY OR BY LENDING OUT TO HERITAGE RAILWAYS, A FULL-SIZE, WORKING EXAMPLE OF A GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY ‘COUNTY’ CLASS 4-4-0 STEAM LOCOMOTIVE.(II) THE ACQUISITION, RESTORATION, PRESERVATION, DISPLAY, OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, EITHER DIRECTLY OR BY LENDING OUT, HERITAGE RAILWAY LOCOMOTIVES, TENDERS, COACHES, WAGONS AND ALL MANNER OF RAILWAY ARTEFACTS FOR USE ON OR IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE AFOREMENTIONED ‘COUNTY’ CLASS 4-4-0 LOCOMOTIVE.(III) PROVIDING ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE EDUCATION, TRAINING AND CERTIFICATION OF INDIVIDUALS IN THE PRACTICALITIES, TECHNIQUES AND METHODS OF HERITAGE RAILWAY ENGINEERING.
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.
4 trustees on the board
- David Bradshaw Chair since 2023
- Ian Townson since 2019
- Richard Croucher since 2018
- Stephen Davies since 2025
Trustees past 6 years
- Ian Townson since 2019
- Richard Croucher since 2018
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (3)
- David Bradshaw Chair since 2023
- Ian Townson since 2019
- Stephen Davies since 2025
Portfolio (1)
- Richard Croucher since 2018
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
- 1183514
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 15 JAN 2018AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 28 APR 2019AS REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 17 MAY 2019
- Companies House
- Company number 11151087 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 0744 5689475 · info@churchwardcounty.onmicrosoft.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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