Registered charity · London
The British Overseas Railways Historical Trust
- 8 trustees
- Income £9k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Dr Michael Reeves Bailey MBE PhD MATrustee · since 2024
- Edwin George LambertTrustee
- John Julian Rainbow Mphil BSC TechricsTrustee
- John Scott-MorganTrustee
- Michael Thomas HudsonTrustee · since 2017
- Mostyn Lewis BA DMA Diped CMS CmipdTrustee
- Nick LeraTrustee · since 2012
- William Richard WallerTrustee · since 2019
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
- Where
- Throughout England And Wales, Argentina, Australia, India and more
- Website
- http:/www.borht.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- The British Overseas Railways Historical Trust
- Registered
- 1985
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£9k£6k
- 2024£9k£6k
- 2023£9k£5k
Earlier years
- 2022£0£3k
- 2021£3k£5k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
TO OBTAIN IN ANY PART OF THE WORLD BRING TO GREAT BRITAIN AND THERE PRESERVE RESTORE AND DISPLAY TO THE PUBLIC FOR EDUCATIONAL AND INSTRUCTIONAL PURPOSES RAILWAY OR TRAMWAY EQIPMENT OF EVERY KIND DESIGNED OR CONTRUCTED IN OR OTHERWISE ASSOCIATED WITH GREAT BRITAIN AND FORMERLY EMPLOYED OVERSEAS AND TO DEAL IN LIKE MANNER WITH PHOTOGRAPHS MAPS DRAWINGS AND OTHER DOCUMENTARY MATERIAL OF EVERY KIND RELATING TO SUCH EQUIPMENT.
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.
8 trustees on the board
Trustees past 6 years
- Michael Thomas Hudson since 2017
- Nick Lera since 2012
- William Richard Waller since 2019
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (8)
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
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.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 290944
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 9TH NOVEMBER 1984
- Companies House
- Company number 01862659 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 02083192326 · borht.org@gmail.com
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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