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Registered charity · Alresford

Watercress Line Heritage Railway Trust Limited

2. Objects2.1 The Charity's objects are (for public benefit) to preserve, restore, maintain, operate, exhibit, educate, instruct, stimulate, promote and encourage interest in heritage railways, locomotives, rolling stock, buildings, artifacts and...

  • 5 trustees
  • Income £3.7m (2025)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources

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Who leads it

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, Environment/conservation/heritage, Economic/community Development/employment and 2 more
Where
Hampshire, Surrey, Southampton City, Portsmouth City and more
Website
www.watercressline.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
Watercress Line Heritage Railway Trust Limited
Registered
1982

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£3.7m£3.8m
  • 2024£3.8m£3.4m
  • 2023£3.9m£4.9m
Earlier years
  • 2022£4.6m£3.8m
  • 2021£3.1m£2.7m

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2023: Government contracts under 1%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

2. Objects2.1 The Charity's objects are (for public benefit) to preserve, restore, maintain, operate, exhibit, educate, instruct, stimulate, promote and encourage interest in heritage railways, locomotives, rolling stock, buildings, artifacts and equipment and to foster and support railway preservation.2.2 Nothing in these Articles shall authorise an application of the property of the Charity for purposes which are not charitable in accordance with any statutory provision regarding the meaning of the word "charitable" or the words "charitable purposes" in force in any part of the United Kingdom.

Grants received

9 grants · £4,054,600 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 · £2,958,400 (7 grants)
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £1,096,200 (2 grants)

Most recent

  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport £496,2002021-03-08
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport £600,0002020-10-14
  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund £250,0002020-08-24
  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund £1,299,1002014-06-13
  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund £12,0002011-12-19
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.

3.6y median 2y
average tenure
8y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

12.1y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (5)

5
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 5Education/training 5Environment/conservation/heritage 5

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

Tech and media 27Transport 7Professional services 5

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.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£3.7m latest income
ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

0.0 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months

44 from 45 in 2021
EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
284406
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 3RD AUGUST 1973 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION 31ST JULY 1982 AND 4 JULY 2004. as amended on 03 Mar 2022 as amended on 03 Mar 2022 as amended on 03 Mar 2022 as amended on 22 Mar 2022
Companies House
Company number 01126590 · Active
Contact on the register
01962733810 · groupsecretary@watercressline.co.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
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