The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

Bressingham Steam Preservation Company Limited

Registered charity 266374 Registered since 1973

Operates: Norfolk

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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.

12.6y median 12y
average tenure
19y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

16.4y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (6)

Portfolio (1)

7
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 7Environment/conservation/heritage 7Other Charitable Purposes 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.

Arts and leisure 7Retail and trade 3Transport 3

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  • Several long-serving trustees could step down together

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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£1.0m latest income
ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

2.1 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 3.9 in 2021

22 from 17 in 2021
EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.

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.bressingham.co.uk
Emailinfo@bressingham.co.uk
Phone01223515746
AddressBressingham Steam, Low Road, Bressingham, Diss, IP22 2AA

Finances

£1,027,400 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£874,611£594,876
2022£931,638£845,901
2023£828,830£903,142
2024£1,039,821£1,003,909
2025£1,027,400£1,090,318

What it does

What

Education/trainingEnvironment/conservation/heritage

Who

Children/young PeopleElderly/old PeoplePeople With DisabilitiesThe General Public/mankind

How

Provides Buildings/facilities/open SpaceProvides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/information

Charitable objects

(I) TO PROMOTE THE PERMANENT PRESERVATION FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC GENERALLY OF LIVE STEAM TRANSPORTATION ENGINES AND ALLIED RELICS OF HISTORICAL AND TECHNICAL INTEREST AND (II) TO MAINTAIN ENCOURAGE AND CONTINUE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A LIVE STEAM MUSEUM AT BRESSINGHAM IN THE COUNTY OF NORFOLK.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 22ND AUGUST 1973 as amended on 21 Apr 2021 as amended on 21 Mar 2021 as amended on 02 Jul 2022

Trustees (7)

7trustees
65median age
3aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

Bressingham Steam Preservation Company Limited · 01130628 · Active

PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital) · incorporated 22/08/1973

3 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (1)

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