Registered charity (CIO) · Axminster
For the Love of A Railway
- 9 trustees
Official record Charity Commission · updated 13th September 2026 · Sources
Who leads it
- Geoffrey Roy HicksChair · since 2025
- Bryan Henstock MScTrustee · since 2025
- Kathryn Alison RidoutTrustee · since 2025
- Katie Jayne YarwoodTrustee · since 2025
- Philip HuttTrustee · since 2025
- Philip James WellerTrustee · since 2025
- Richard LeedsTrustee · since 2025
- Stephen Barrie HedgesTrustee · since 2025
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- Stephen John ThomasTrustee · since 2015
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Economic/community Development/employment
- Where
- Devon, Dorset, Somerset
- Website
- fortheloveofarailway.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2025
Charitable objects
TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC ABOUT THE RAILWAY HERITAGE OF THE AXMINSTER TO LYME REGIS RAILWAY LINE AND ITS SURROUNDING AREA BY:CREATING A LIVING DISPLAY OF MODEL REPLICAS AND ARTEFACTS OF RAILWAY LAYOUTS AND MODEL ENGINES FOR PUBLIC VIEWING.CREATING EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES AND RAISING AWARENESS OF THE HISTORY AND HERITAGE OF THE RAILWAY, INCLUDING PROVIDING LECTURES OR PUBLIC TALKS RECORDING, SHARING AND PUBLISHING LOCAL PEOPLE’S MEMORIES AND EXPERIENCES OF THE RAILWAY.
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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
- Geoffrey Roy Hicks Chair since 2025
- Bryan Henstock MSc since 2025
- Kathryn Alison Ridout since 2025
- Katie Jayne Yarwood since 2025
- Philip Hutt since 2025
- Philip James Weller since 2025
- Richard Leeds since 2025
- Stephen Barrie Hedges since 2025
- Stephen John Thomas since 2015
Trustees past 6 years
- Stephen John Thomas since 2015
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (9)
- Geoffrey Roy Hicks Chair since 2025
- Bryan Henstock MSc since 2025
- Kathryn Alison Ridout since 2025
- Katie Jayne Yarwood since 2025
- Philip Hutt since 2025
- Philip James Weller since 2025
- Richard Leeds since 2025
- Stephen Barrie Hedges since 2025
- Stephen John Thomas since 2015
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.
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.
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1213097
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 28 Apr 2025
- Contact on the register
- 07899923756 · fortheloveofarailway@gmail.com
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 13th September 2026
- Labels
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