Churchward County Trust LTD

Registered charity 1183514 Registered since 2019

Operates: Gloucestershire, Leicestershire

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Board DNA

How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.

trustees on the board

4.8y median 5y

average tenure

longest tenure

trustees past 6 years

8.8y

average years in governance

3 vs 0 portfolio

first-time trustees

company-linked trustees

Sector coverage

Education/training 4General Charitable Purposes 4Environment/conservation/heritage 1

Commercial experience

Manufacturing 4Arts and leisure 1

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Contact

Website	www.churchwardcounty.org.uk
Email	info@churchwardcounty.onmicrosoft.com
Phone	0744 5689475
Address	4 Green End Barns, Ramsey Road, ST. IVES, Cambridgeshire, PE27 5RH

Finances

£53,878 latest income

Year	Income	Spending
2021	£72,580	£3,071
2022	£95,282	£3,056
2023	£68,764	£8,371
2024	£63,109	£6,129
2025	£53,878	£4,202

What it does

What

General Charitable PurposesEducation/training

Who

The General Public/mankind

How

Sponsors Or Undertakes Research

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.

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

Trustees (4)

4trustees

72median age

3aged 70+

Succession outlook: 3 of 4 trustees are aged 70 or over.

David Bradshawage 83 Chair since 2023
Ian Townsonage 71 since 2019
Richard Croucher since 2018
Stephen Daviesage 72 since 2025

Linked company (Companies House)

Churchward County Trust LTD · 11151087 · Active

PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital) · incorporated 15/01/2018

3 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (1)

Great Western Preservations Limited 1 shared trustee

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