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Registered charity · London

The Railway and Canal Historical Society

The Railway and Canal Historical Society is a registered charity (number 256047) based in London, governed by 14 trustees. Latest income £107k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 25th October 2026.

  • 14 trustees
  • Income £107k (2025)
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About

What it does
Education/training
Where
Throughout England And Wales, Northern Ireland, Scotland
Website
www.rchs.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
The Railway and Canal Historical Society
Registered
1968

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£107k£117k
  • 2024£52k£50k
  • 2023£58k£49k
Earlier years
  • 2022£57k£52k
  • 2021£56k£36k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Charitable objects

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

Board analysis

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.

14 trustees on the board

4.6y median 3y
average tenure
10y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

13.3y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (11)

Portfolio (3)

10
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 12General 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 11Finance 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.

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
256047
Status
Registered
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
Companies House
Company number 00922300 · Active
Contact on the register
02072241004 · secretary@rchs.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 25th October 2026
Labels
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