Great Western Society Limited

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£3,853,845 latest income

What it does

Charitable objects

(A) TO PRESERVE, RESTORE AND OPERATE AS A PERMANENT PUBLIC EXHIBITION AND MUSEUM FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF TECHNICAL HISTORICAL AND GENERAL EDUCATION AND FOR PERMANENT PRESERVATION DISPLAY AND DEMONSTRATION STEAM AND OTHER RAILWAY LOCOMOTIVES ROLLING STOCK EQUIPMENT MACHINERY AND RELICS OF HISTORICAL OPERATIONAL AND GENERAL INTEREST AND EDUCATIONAL VALUE WITH PARTICULAR REFERENCE TO THE FORMER GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY.(B) TO COLLECT, COLLATE, EXCHANGE, MAKE AVAILABLE FOR PUBLIC REFERENCE AND PUBLISH INFORMATION CONCERNING THE HISTORY, EQUIPMENT AND OPERATION OF THE FORMER GREAT WESTERN AND OTHER RAILWAYS.(C) TO UNDERTAKE SUCH OTHER ACTIVITIES OF AN EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE NATURE AS MAY IN THE OPINION OF THE ASSOCIATION BE CONVENIENTLY OR ADVANTAGEOUSLY UNDERTAKEN IN CONNECTION WITH THE FOREGOING OBJECTS OF THE ASSOCIATION.(D)(I) TO UNDERTAKE THE PURCHASE OF AND TO PRESERVE AND OPERATE ITEMS OF EQUIPMENT LOCOMOTIVES ( OF ANY POWER SOURCE) AND ROLLING STOCK PRODUCED AND USED BY BRITISH RAILWAYS WESTERN REGION AND ITS SUCCESSORS SINCE THE NATIONALISATION OF THE GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY ON THE 1ST JANUARY 1948.(D)(II) THE ASSOCIATION IS AUTHORISED TO PRESERVE, RESTORE, AND OPERATE ANY SUCH EQUIPMENT ACQUIRED BY THE ASSOCIATION UNDER 3(D)(I) OR BY AGREEMENT WITH ANY OTHER ASSOCIATION OR SOCIETY OWNING AND WISHING TO RESTORE PRESERVE OR OPERATE THE SAID EQUIPMENT ON THE PREMISES OF THE GREAT WESTERN SOCIETY LTD. WITH THE COMPANY'S PRIOR AGREEMENT.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION PASSED ON 4TH DECEMBER 1976, 2ND. SEPTEMBER 1995AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 21 NOV 2015 as amended on 07 Jun 2025

Trustees (8)

• Richard Alan Prestonage 75 Chair since 2018
• John Bertram Crouchage 54 since 2022
• John Plantage 40 since 2024
• Laura Suzanne Donaldsonage 34 since 2019
• Marita Ann Middletonage 72 since 2024
• Mokbul Khanage 48 since 2021
• Richard John Varleyage 66 since 2016
• Robert Heronage 66 since 2023

Linked company (Companies House)

Great Western Society Limited · 00899248 · Active

PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital) · incorporated 27/02/1967

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (5)

• Friends of Reading Museum 1 shared trustee
• Oxfordshire Museums Council 1 shared trustee
• Great Western Preservations Limited 1 shared trustee
• King Alfred Drive Community Centre (K.A.D.C.C.) 1 shared trustee
• Play2Give 1 shared trustee