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Registered charity · Cambridgeshire

The Great Eastern Railway Society

  • 8 trustees
  • Income £33k (2024)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources

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Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.

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About

What it does
Education/training, Environment/conservation/heritage
Where
Barking And Dagenham, Enfield, Hackney, Newham and more
Website
www.gersociety.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Registered
1974

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2024£33k£35k
  • 2023£35k£29k
  • 2022£31k£29k
Earlier years
  • 2021£36k£25k
  • 2020£36k£25k

Income trend, 2020 to 2024.

Charitable objects

TO PROMOTE THE ADVANCEMENT OF PUBLIC EDUCATION AND KNOWLEDGE BY THE STUDY OF THE GREAT EASTERN RAILWAY, ITS PREDECESSORS, SUCCESSORS AND ASSOCIATED RAILWAYS

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.

4.6y median 4y
average tenure
14y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

7.8y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (8)

1
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 8Environment/conservation/heritage 8

Gaps to watch

  • Narrow spread of causes across the board

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£33k latest income

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
267275
Status
Registered
Governing document
CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 16TH MARCH 1974 AND AMENDED 20TH MARCH 1976 AND 17TH MARCH 1979 AND 20 MARCH 2004 as amended on 17 Oct 2020
Contact on the register
07939 567838 · secretary@gersociety.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
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