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Registered charity · Northampton

The Northamptonshire Ironstone Railway Trust Limited

The Northamptonshire Ironstone Railway Trust Limited is a registered charity (number 268772) based in Northampton, governed by 2 trustees and chaired by Stephen James Godfrey since 2022. Latest income £22k (2024). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.

  • 2 trustees
  • Income £22k (2024)
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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
General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Environment/conservation/heritage and 1 more
Where
Northamptonshire
Website
www.northantsironstonerailway.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
The Northamptonshire Ironstone Railway Trust Limited
Registered
1975

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2024£22k£20k
  • 2023£13k£14k
  • 2022£22k£11k
Earlier years
  • 2021£22k£22k
  • 2020£12k£16k

Income trend, 2020 to 2024.

Income source mix, 2022: Government grants 70%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

TO PRESERVE, RESTORE AND OPERATE PART OR PARTS OF THE RAILWAYS CONNECTED WITH THE IRONSTONE INDUSTRY OF NORTHAMPTONSHIRE AND TO COLLECT, DOCUMENT, PRESERVE, EXHIBIT AND INTERPRET MATERIAL EVIDENCE OF AND INFORMATION ASSOCIATED WITH THE IRONSTONE INDUSTRY OF NORTHAMPTONSHIRE, AS A PERMANENT PUBLIC EXHIBITION AND MUSEUM FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF TECHNICAL, HISTORICAL AND GENERAL EDUCATION AND FOR THE PERMANENT PRESERVATION, DISPLAY AND DEMONSTRATION OF STEAM AND OTHER RAILWAY LOCOMOTIVES, ROLLING STOCK, EQUIPMENT, MACHINERY AND OTHER ITEMS OF TECHNICAL, HISTORICAL AND GENERAL INTEREST AND EDUCATIONAL VALUE.

Grants received

2 grants · £10,000 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 · £5,000
  • The National Lottery Community Fund · £5,000

Most recent

  • The National Lottery Community Fund £5,0002006-03-31
  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund £5,0002006-03-31
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 trustees on the board

2.5y median 2.5y
average tenure
4y
longest tenure
0
trustees past 6 years
3.9y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (2)

2
company-linked trustees

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

Arts/culture/heritage/science 2Education/training 2General Charitable Purposes 2

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

Transport 2

Gaps to watch

  • Small board - little cover if a trustee leaves

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£22k latest income

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
268772
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 12 NOVEMBER 1974, AS AMENDED 23 MARCH 1989
Companies House
Company number 01190306 · Active
Contact on the register
07522463759 · info@northantsironstonerailway.co.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels
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