The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

The Railway and Canal Historical Society

Registered charity 256047 Registered since 1968

Operates: Throughout England And Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland

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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.

13 trustees on the board

5.4y median 4.5y
average tenure
10y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

16y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (10)

Portfolio (3)

11
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Education/training 11General Charitable Purposes 2Recreation 2Amateur Sport 1Environment/conservation/heritage 1Religious Activities 1The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 1

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Other services 12Finance 5Professional services 3

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.

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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£52k latest income · income exceeded spending in 2023 and 2024
82 days
Latest accounts filed after the due dateiFiled after the due dateDate the accounts were received minus the reporting due date, latest filed cycle, Charity Commission register.

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

Connected through a shared trustee

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.rchs.org.uk
Emailsecretary@rchs.org.uk
Phone02072241004
AddressDavid Smith & Co, 7 Grosvenor Gardens, LONDON, SW1W 0AF

Finances

£106,932 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£55,852£36,442
2022£57,270£51,744
2023£58,433£48,643
2024£51,807£49,986
2025£106,932£116,656

What it does

What

Education/training

Who

The General Public/mankind

How

Provides Advocacy/advice/information

Charitable objects

TO PROMOTE ENCOURAGE AND CO-ORDINATE THE STUDY OF THE HISTORY OF CANALS RAILWAYS AND TRANSPORT. (FOR DETAILS SEE CLAUSE 3 MEMORANDUM.)

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 14TH NOVEMBER 1967 AS AMENDED BY A SPECIAL RESOLUTION PASSED ON 14 MAY 1994. as amended on 28 May 2022 as amended on 31 May 2025 as amended on 06 Sept 2025

Trustees (13)

13trustees
78median age
11aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

Railway and Canal Historical Society (the) · 00922300 · Active

PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital) · incorporated 14/11/1967

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (6)

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