VINTAGE TRAINS CHARITABLE TRUST

Registered charity 1040904 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BIRMINGHAM RAILWAY MUSEUM, BIRMINGHAM RAILWAY MUSEUM TRUST LIMITED, VINTAGE TRAINS, VINTAGE TRAINS LIMITED

Latest income

£3.6m

Latest spending

£3.7m

Registered

1994

We have not yet analysed this charity’s accounts. Register data shown below.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Total income

£3.6m

Total spending

£3.7m

Cost of raising funds

£3.6m

Reserves (reported)

£0

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~0.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Trustees

CHRISTOPHER MICHAEL WHITEHOUSEchair · trustee of 1 other charity
MR VIC MICHEL
Mark Gaskill
RICHARD GRAHAM THORNE · trustee of 1 other charity
RICHARD JOHN CADGE · trustee of 1 other charity
Rebecca Delmore
Sipho Ndlovu Mr
Stuart Whitehouse

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Birmingham City

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£3.6m	£3.7m
31/03/2024	£3.8m	£3.8m
31/03/2023	£4.0m	£4.0m
31/03/2022	£1.6m	£1.9m
31/03/2021	£1.3m	£1.6m

Common questions

Who funds VINTAGE TRAINS CHARITABLE TRUST?

Funders whose own accounts filings name VINTAGE TRAINS CHARITABLE TRUST as a grant recipient include THE MICHAEL MARSH CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Funder	Year	Amount
THE MICHAEL MARSH CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2025	£5k

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	13/07/2020	£50k	"COVID19: Vintage Trains Charitable Trust"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	24/07/2017	£90k	"Vintage Trains: Engineering the future"