Registered charity · London
The Crossness Engines Trust
- 9 trustees
- Income £376k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Abdullah SebaTrustee · since 2025
- Andrew Clifford StrideTrustee · since 2026
- Andrew Michael LewisTrustee · since 2026
- Ermerlinda Katharine Mary CloughTrustee · since 2026
- Jacqueline GreenawayTrustee · since 2026
- Kevin Miles RidleyTrustee · since 2019
- Michael JonesTrustee · since 2019
- Nigel Ronald SpringhallTrustee · since 2026
- Sarah Lesley BeacockTrustee · since 2023
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
- Bexley
- Website
- www.crossness.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- The Crossness Engines Trust
- Registered
- 1987
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£376k£306k
- 2024£304k£240k
- 2023£191k£198k
Earlier years
- 2022£187k£209k
- 2021£135k£246k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2021: Government grants 6%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
TO PROMOTE INITIATE ADVANCE ENCOURAGE ADMINISTER SUPPORT PROVIDE ACCESS TO AND PROCURE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC AT LARGE THE COLLECTION PRESERVATION CONSERVATION MAINTENANCE RESTORATION RECONSTRUCTION RENOVATION REINSTATEMENT REPLACEMENT REPRODUCTION DISPLAY AND EXHIBITION OF SITES BUILDINGS PUMPS ENGINES PLANT EQUIPMENT ARTEFACTS APPARATUS DEVICES GADGETS CONTRIVANCES EXHIBITS PLANS MODELS AND INVENTIONS OF HISTORICAL AND TECHNICAL INTEREST PARTICULARLY AS THE MAY RELATE TO THE ESTABLISHMENTENT AND DISPOSAL OF SEWAGE. THE HANDLING OF SURFACE WATER AND/OR WHERE THEY ARE ASSOCIATED ASPECTS OF SCHEMES FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE PUBLIC HEALTH.
Grants received
11 grants · £1,977,978 total360Giving 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 · £1,824,700 (5 grants)
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport · £85,840 (2 grants)
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £67,438 (4 grants)
Most recent
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
- The National Lottery Heritage Fund
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
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.
9 trustees on the board
- Abdullah Seba since 2025
- Andrew Clifford Stride since 2026
- Andrew Michael Lewis since 2026
- Ermerlinda Katharine Mary Clough since 2026
- Jacqueline Greenaway since 2026
- Kevin Miles Ridley since 2019
- Michael Jones since 2019
- Nigel Ronald Springhall since 2026
- Sarah Lesley Beacock since 2023
Trustees past 6 years
- Kevin Miles Ridley since 2019
- Michael Jones since 2019
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (6)
- Andrew Clifford Stride since 2026
- Andrew Michael Lewis since 2026
- Jacqueline Greenaway since 2026
- Kevin Miles Ridley since 2019
- Michael Jones since 2019
- Nigel Ronald Springhall since 2026
Portfolio (3)
- Abdullah Seba since 2025
- Ermerlinda Katharine Mary Clough since 2026
- Sarah Lesley Beacock since 2023
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
- 297585
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 22ND JUNE 1987 AS AMENDED 6TH JUNE 1999 as amended on 21 Oct 2025
- Companies House
- Company number 02141756 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 07947864139 · mike.jones@crossness.org.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th September 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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