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Registered charity · Preston

Ribble Steam Railway Limited

  • 11 trustees
  • Income £303k (2024)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 20th September 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
General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Environment/conservation/heritage
Where
Lancashire
Website
www.ribblesteam.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
Ribble Steam Railway Limited
Registered
1978

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2024£303k£302k
  • 2023£349k£284k
  • 2022£259k£261k
Earlier years
  • 2021£404k£389k
  • 2020£134k£180k

Income trend, 2020 to 2024.

Income source mix, 2021: Government grants 46%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

TO ENCOURAGE AND PROMOTE PUBLIC INTEREST IN THE PRESERVATION OF STEAM AND OTHER RAILWAY LOCOMOTIVES AND ROLLING STOCK MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT OF HISTORICAL INTEREST AND IN RAILWAYS ROAD WATER AND OTHER FORMS OF TRANSPORT BETWEEN PERSONS INTERESTED IN SUCH MATTERS.

Grants received

3 grants · £218,380 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

  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £208,380 (2 grants)
  • The National Lottery Community Fund · £10,000

Most recent

  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport £207,2002020-10-14
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport £1,1802020-10-14
  • The National Lottery Community Fund £10,0002017-12-06
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.

11 trustees on the board

5.9y median 5y
average tenure
15y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

13.7y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (10)

Portfolio (1)

11
company-linked trustees

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

Arts/culture/heritage/science 11Education/training 11General Charitable Purposes 11

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

Arts and leisure 13Transport 4

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.
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£303k latest income · income exceeded spending in 2023 and 2024

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
507266
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 8 MAY 1973 AS AMENDED 31 DECEMBER 1977 AND 26TH SEPTEMBER 2006 AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 4 DECEMBER 2009. as amended on 30 Sept 2025
Companies House
Company number 01112380 · Active
Contact on the register
01772 728800 · enquiries@ribblesteam.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 20th September 2026
Labels
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