Registered charity · Cornwall
Bodmin Railway Heritage Trust
Bodmin Railway Heritage Trust is a registered charity (number 298459) based in Cornwall, governed by 5 trustees and chaired by Stephen Richard Lightfoot since 2017. Latest income £105k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 25th October 2026.
- 5 trustees
- Income £105k (2025)
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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
- Where
- Cornwall
- Linked company
- Bodmin Railway Heritage Trust
- Registered
- 1988
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£105k£254k
- 2023£79k£289k
- 2022£177k£475k
Earlier years
- 2021£69k£371k
- 2020£48k£201k
Income trend, 2020 to 2025.
Charitable objects
THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC IN THE HISTORY AND DEVELOPMENT OF RAILWAYS AND IN PARTICULAR, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, THE BODMIN AND WENFORD, AND BODMIN AND WADEBRIDGE RAILWAYS, BY: (A) THE PRESERVATION OF THE HISTORIC RAILWAY LINES BETWEEN BODMIN GENERAL STATION AND BODMIN PARKWAY STATION AND BOSCARNE JUNCTION (“THE RAILWAY”), AND OTHER RAILWAYS IN THE BODMIN AND WIDER CORNWALL AREA, INCLUDING THE ACQUISITION, PRESERVATION, RESTORATION, MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR OF: (I) HERITAGE LOCOMOTIVES AND ROLLING STOCK; (II) HERITAGE RAILWAY BUILDINGS, BRIDGES AND OTHER HISTORIC RAILWAY STRUCTURES; (III) HERITAGE RAILWAY SIGNALLING SYSTEMS; AND 7 (IV) RAILWAY ARCHIVES, HISTORICAL RECORDS AND ARTEFACTS, (B) THE OPERATION OF HERITAGE TRAINS OVER THE RAILWAY AND TO PROVIDE RIDES DEMONSTRATIONS AND OPEN DAYS AND RECREATIONAL FACILITIES FOR THE PUBLIC; AND (C) TO DEVELOP AND MAINTAIN A MUSEUM FOR THE EXHIBITION OF ITEMS RELATING THE HISTORY AND DEVELOPMENT OF RAILWAYS AND IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY THE BODMIN AND WENFORD, AND BODMIN AND WADEBRIDGE RAILWAYS, INCLUDING SIGNS SIGNALS POSTERS RECORDS AND BOOKS PHOTOGRAPHS MACHINERY MODELS ROLLING STOCK LOCOMOTIVES AND BUILDINGS, SUCH MUSEUM TO BE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.
Grants received
1 grant · £144,800 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
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £144,800
Most recent
- 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.
5 trustees on the board
- Stephen Richard Lightfoot Chair since 2017
- David IAN Nelson
- Denzil Stuart Searle since 2018
- Nicholas Richard Wood since 2024
- Peter George Fitzgerald OBE
Trustees past 6 years
- Stephen Richard Lightfoot Chair since 2017
- Denzil Stuart Searle since 2018
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (4)
- Stephen Richard Lightfoot Chair since 2017
- David IAN Nelson
- Nicholas Richard Wood since 2024
- Peter George Fitzgerald OBE
Portfolio (1)
- Denzil Stuart Searle since 2018
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.
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Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 298459
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 24 NOV 1987AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 07 AUG 1993AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 13 SEP 2023AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 17 APR 2024AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 02 SEP 2024AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 22 OCT 2024
- Companies House
- Company number 02197956 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 01579347415 · secretary@bodminrailwaytrust.co.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 25th 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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