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Registered charity · Suffolk

The East Anglia Transport Museum Society Limited

  • 11 trustees
  • Income £273k (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, Arts/culture/heritage/science
Where
Cambridgeshire, Essex, Norfolk, Suffolk
Website
www.eatm.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
The East Anglia Transport Museum Society Limited
Registered
1974

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2024£273k£196k
  • 2023£291k£157k
  • 2022£446k£396k
Earlier years
  • 2021£318k£240k
  • 2020£210k£210k

Income trend, 2020 to 2024.

Income source mix, 2024: Government grants under 1%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

1) TO ESTABLISH AND MAINTAIN FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE NATION AN OPERATING TRANSPORT MUSEUM AND FOR THE LIKE PURPOSE TO PROMOTE THE PERMANENT PRESERVATION OF TRANSPORT VEHICLES AND EQUIPMENT AND ITEMS OF GENERAL TRANSPORT INTEREST OF ACTUAL OR POTENTIAL HISTORIC OR SCIENTIFIC IMPORTANCE AND EDUCATIVE VALUE. 2) WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING, THE TRUSTEE MAY CARRY OUT THE OBJECT PARTICULARLY BY THE RESTORATION OF TRAMCARS (INCLUDING, GLASGOW TRAM 1245 AND LOWESTOFT TRAMCAR NO. 14 OF 1904), PROVIDED THAT THEY ARE ON PUBLIC EXHIBITION OR OTHERWISE USED FOR PUBLIC BENEFIT.

Grants received

3 grants · £218,528 total

360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.

Top funders

  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund · £215,500 (2 grants)
  • The National Lottery Community Fund · £3,028

Most recent

  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund £17,0002020-04-27
  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund £198,5002008-09-09
  • The National Lottery Community Fund £3,0282006-03-23
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.

2.3y median 1y
average tenure
9y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

9.4y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (9)

Portfolio (2)

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 11Arts/culture/heritage/science 10Environment/conservation/heritage 2General 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 19

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£273k latest income · income exceeded spending in 2023 and 2024

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
268204
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 29TH MAY 1974 AND CHARITY COMMISSION SCHEME DATED 6TH MARCH 2001.
Companies House
Company number 01171938 · Active
Contact on the register
01502518459 · enquiries@eatm.co.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
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