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Registered charity · Warwickshire

Thompson B1 Locomotive Trust

  • 6 trustees
  • Income £23k (2025)

Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 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
Environment/conservation/heritage
Where
Throughout England, Scotland
Website
www.thompsonb1.org (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
Thompson B1 Locomotive Trust
Registered
1983

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£23k£18k
  • 2024£32k£68k
  • 2023£17k£24k
Earlier years
  • 2022£5k£10k
  • 2021£2k£18k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Charitable objects

(I) TO PRESERVE, OPERATE AND EXHIBIT FOR THE PUBLIC FOR EDUCATIONAL AND INSTRUCTIONAL PURPOSES LOCOMOTIVES OF HISTORIC OR SCIENTIFIC IMPORTANCE ACQUIRED BY OR LEASED OR OTHERWISE MADE AVAILABLE TO THE ASSOCIATION AND IN PARTICULAR THE STEAM LOCOMOTIVE KNOWN AS "THE EX. LONDON AND NORTH EASTERN RAILWAY CLASS B1 LOCOMOTIVE NO. 1264". (II) TO AFFORD TO THE PUBLIC FACILITIES FOR THE STUDY OF STEAM LOCOMOTIVES AND ROLLINGSTOCK DESIGNED BY EDWARD THOMPSON.

Grants received

1 grant · £51,600 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 · £51,600

Most recent

  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund £51,6001997-03-10
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.

6 trustees on the board

7.4y median 5y
average tenure
15y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

12.8y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (6)

6
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Environment/conservation/heritage 6

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

Health and social care 6Arts and leisure 2Other services 2

Gaps to watch

  • Narrow spread of causes across the board

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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Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours

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£23k latest income

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
326367
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 10 MAY 1983, AS AMENDED 23 FEBRUARY 2006.
Companies House
Company number 01722150 · Active
Contact on the register
01582767782 · secretary@thompsonb1.org
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels
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