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Registered charity · Darlington

Darlington Railway Museum Trust

Darlington Railway Museum Trust is a registered charity (number 503835) based in Darlington, governed by 4 trustees. Latest income £0 (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.

  • 4 trustees
  • Income £0 (2025)
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Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.

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About

What it does
General Charitable Purposes, Environment/conservation/heritage
Where
Durham, Darlington
Website
5Lauristonclosedarlington.dl38tu (opens in a new tab)
Registered
1974

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£0£0
  • 2024£0£5k
  • 2023£0£0
Earlier years
  • 2022£0£0
  • 2021£0£0

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Charitable objects

AA) FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE TOWN OF DARLINGTON IN THE COUNTY OF DURHAM AND OF VISITORS THERETO TO ACQUIRE AFREEHOLD OR LONG LEASEHOLD INTEREST IN AND TO RESTORE AND PRESERVE THE RAILAY STATION AT NORTH ROAD, DARLINGTON AS A PLACE OF HISTORICAL INTEREST AND EDUCATIONAL VALUE. B) TO ACQUIRE FOR PRESERVATION, OBJECTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE HISTORY OF TRANSPORT AND TO ACCUMULATE A COLLECTION OF SUCH OBJECTS FOR EXHIBITION TO THE PUBLIC. C) TO ESTABLISH AT NORTH ROAD STATION A STUDY CENTRE FOR USE BY PERSONS INTERESTED IN RESEARCHING INTO AND RECORDING TRANSPORT HISTORY. (FOR FURTHER DETAILS SEE CLAUSE 3).

Grants received

1 grant · £14,283 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 · £14,283

Most recent

  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund £14,2832002-09-30
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.

4 trustees on the board

12y median 12y
average tenure
12y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

6.4y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (4)

0
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 4General Charitable Purposes 4

Gaps to watch

  • No commercial or business experience on the board
  • Several long-serving trustees could step down together
  • 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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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

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
503835
Status
Registered
Governing document
DECLARATION OF TRUST DATED 12 NOVEMBER 1974
Contact on the register
01325460435 · iwbarnes@hotmail.com
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels
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