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Watercress Line Heritage Railway Trust Limited

Registered charity 284406 Registered since 1982

Operates: Hampshire, Surrey, Southampton City, Portsmouth City, West Berkshire

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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.

5
trustees on the board
3.6y median 2y
average tenure
8y
longest tenure
2
trustees past 6 years
11.9y
average years in governance
5 vs 0 portfolio
first-time trustees
3
company-linked trustees

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 27Professional services 5Business services 3
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Contact

Websitewww.watercressline.co.uk
Emailgroupsecretary@watercressline.co.uk
Phone01962733810
AddressWatercress Line, HerItage Railway Trust Ltd, Alresford Station, Station Road, Alresford, SO24 9JG

Finances

£3,658,953 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£3,102,562£2,708,740
2022£4,643,677£3,778,111
2023£3,914,320£4,911,080
2024£3,846,638£3,418,544
2025£3,658,953£3,811,954

What it does

What

Education/trainingArts/culture/heritage/scienceEnvironment/conservation/heritageEconomic/community Development/employmentRecreationOther Charitable Purposes

Who

Children/young PeopleThe General Public/mankind

How

Makes Grants To OrganisationsProvides Buildings/facilities/open SpaceProvides ServicesActs As An Umbrella Or Resource BodyOther Charitable Activities

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.

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

Trustees (5)

5trustees
61median age
2aged 70+
Succession outlook: 2 of 5 trustees are aged 70 or over.

Linked company (Companies House)

Watercress Line Heritage Railway Trust Limited · 01126590 · Active

PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital) · incorporated 03/08/1973

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

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