The Friends of the National Railway Museum

Registered charity 273829 Registered since 1977

Operates: Scotland, Throughout England And Wales

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Board DNA

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trustees on the board

7.2y median 8y

average tenure

13y

longest tenure

trustees past 6 years

8.8y

average years in governance

12 vs 2 portfolio

first-time trustees

company-linked trustees

Sector coverage

Environment/conservation/heritage 14Arts/culture/heritage/science 2Education/training 2

Commercial experience

Arts and leisure 4Transport 3Education 1

Gaps to watch

Several long-serving trustees could step down together

Boards that share trustees

Welshpool and Llanfair Light Railway Preservation CO. Limited 1 shared trustee
The Gresley Society Trust 1 shared trustee
The Friends of the Sierra Leone National Railway Museum 1 shared trustee
The Tramway Museum Society 1 shared trustee

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Related organisations

The Tramway Museum Society 1 shared trustee
The Gresley Society Trust 1 shared trustee
Welshpool and Llanfair Light Railway Preservation CO. Limited 1 shared trustee
The Friends of the Sierra Leone National Railway Museum 1 shared trustee
The Surrey Federation of Women's Institutes Similar size; both Environment
Environmental LAW Foundation Similar size; both Environment

Boards that overlap with this one through shared trustees, or govern in the same field. Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Website	www.nrmfriends.org.uk
Email	nrm.friends@sciencemuseum.org.uk
Phone	01904636874
Address	NATIONAL RAILWAY MUSEUM, LEEMAN ROAD, YORK, YO26 4XJ

Finances

£162,852 latest income

Year	Income	Spending
2020	£162,093	£172,525
2021	£376,484	£172,142
2022	£57,632	£333,351
2023	£326,758	£503,836
2024	£162,852	£325,707

What it does

What

Environment/conservation/heritage

Who

The General Public/mankind

How

Makes Grants To OrganisationsProvides Human ResourcesSponsors Or Undertakes ResearchActs As An Umbrella Or Resource Body

Charitable objects

ENCOURAGEMENT, FOSTERING, ASSISTANCE AND PROMOTION IN ANY MANNER OF THE WORK AND ACTIVITIES OF THE NATIONAL RAILWAY MUSEUM INCLUDING WORK AND ACTIVITY CARRIED OUT JOINTLY OR IN CO-OPERATION WITH THE SCIENCE MUSEUM OR ANY OTHER MUSEUM, ART GALLERY, PERSERVATION SOCIETY OR SIMILAR ORGANISATION.

Governing document: TRUST DEED DATED 16TH MAY 1977

Trustees (14)

14trustees

70median age

2aged 70+

Succession outlook: 2 of 14 trustees are aged 70 or over.

Philip Martin Benhamage 76 Chair
Andrew Mclean since 2017
David Thomas since 2013
Dr Melvyn Stuart Draper CBE since 2013
Graham Douglas Naismith Miller OBE since 2019
Helen Margaret Ashbyage 67 since 2017
Hugh Fenwick since 2018
Katherine Rolland since 2025
Michael John Hastings since 2022
Michael Riggage 70 since 2023
Phil Graham since 2015
Russell Stephen Rollings since 2013
Ross Keith Beetlestone since 2025
Samuel Blacktop since 2024

Connected charities (4)

The Tramway Museum Society 1 shared trustee
The Gresley Society Trust 1 shared trustee
Welshpool and Llanfair Light Railway Preservation CO. Limited 1 shared trustee
The Friends of the Sierra Leone National Railway Museum 1 shared trustee

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