The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

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

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.

7.2y median 8y
average tenure
13y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

9y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (12)

Portfolio (2)

3
company-linked trustees

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

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

Arts and leisure 4Transport 3Education 1

Gaps to watch

  • Several long-serving trustees could step down together

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£163k latest income · spending exceeded income in 2023 and 2024

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

Connected through a shared trustee

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.nrmfriends.org.uk
Emailnrm.friends@sciencemuseum.org.uk
Phone01904636874
AddressNATIONAL RAILWAY MUSEUM, LEEMAN ROAD, YORK, YO26 4XJ

Finances

£162,852 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
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+

Connected charities (4)

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