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Registered charity · Staffordshire

North Staffordshire Railway Company (1978) LTD

  • 8 trustees
  • Income £182k (2025)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources

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About

What it does
Environment/conservation/heritage
Where
Staffordshire
Website
www.nsrailway.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
North Staffordshire Railway Company (1978) Limited
Registered
1983

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£182k£184k
  • 2024£379k£87k
  • 2023£68k£66k
Earlier years
  • 2022£139k£125k
  • 2021£64k£66k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Charitable objects

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE HISTORY AND DEVELOPMENT OF RAILWAY LOCOMOTION AND IN PARTICULAR BY THE PRESERVATION AND RESTORATION OF A SECTION OF THE STANDARD GAUGE RAILWAY SYSTEM FORMERLY OPERATED BY THE NORTH STAFFORDSHIRE RAILWAY COMPANY AND FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC TO PRESERVE, RETAIN AND RESTORE CHEDDLETON RAILWAY STATION AS A MUSEUM AND HEADQUARTERS FOR THE COMPANY. (FOR FURTHER DETAILS SEE CLAUSE 3 OF MEMORANDUM OF ASSOCIATION).

Grants received

3 grants · £90,000 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.

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Most recent

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.

8 trustees on the board

4y median 1y
average tenure
11y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

6.5y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (8)

4
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 8

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 5Transport 1

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.
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£379k 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
514172
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 02 NOV 1978AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 17 NOV 2001
Companies House
Company number 01397407 · Active
Contact on the register
01538361298 · info@nsrailway.co.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
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