Tanfield Railway Trust Limited

Registered charity 1072449 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE TYNESIDE LOCOMOTIVE MUSEUM TRUST LIMITED, TYNESIDE LOCOMOTIVE MUSEUM TRUST

Preserving the railway heritage of North East England, particularly industrial and independent railways and local locomotive builders.

Objects

Objects 4 The charity?s objects (?Objects?) are: (1) To advance the education of the public in all matters related to the Tanfield Railway between East Tanfield in the County of Durham and Sunniside in the Borough of Gateshead (hereinafter called ?the Railway? and railways, associated transport and industries in general. (2) To advance and conserve the heritage of the Railway, and railways in general for the benefit of the public, of all ages and backgrounds.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

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Registered contact address: Gateshead, North East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £471,352, significantly exceeding the trustees' stated target to reduce reserves to £100,000. The charity reported a net income of £197,617 for the year, driven largely by a substantial increase in donations and legacies, while maintaining a surplus after charitable and support expenditures.

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What the accounts disclose

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Policies the charity declares

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• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

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Trustees · trustee networks

• DEREK WILLIAM SMITHchair
• David Champion
• Frank Stuart Palmer
• IAN COWAN
• John Hodgson

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

Operates in: Durham · Gateshead

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with SOUTH TYNEDALE RAILWAY PRESERVATION SOCIETY.

• SOUTH TYNEDALE RAILWAY PRESERVATION SOCIETY income £297k
• MIDLAND RAILWAY TRUST LIMITED income £615k
• THE TUNBRIDGE WELLS AND ERIDGE RAILWAY PRESERVATION SOCIETY LIMITED income £112k
• EAST KENT RAILWAY TRUST income £79k
• WELSHPOOL AND LLANFAIR LIGHT RAILWAY PRESERVATION CO. LIMITED income £1.2m
• THE MID-NORFOLK RAILWAY PRESERVATION TRUST income £2.4m

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