THE ROBEY TRUST LIMITED

Registered charity 1089025 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as The Works, Tavistock

To advance public STEM education in all aspects of the design, building, function, maintenance and operation of heritage engineering items, including steam engines, plant, apparatus and equipment and in particular engines made by Robey of Lincoln, and to this end acquire, restore, operate, preserve and display them for the benefit of the public.

Objects

TO ADVANCE PUBLIC EDUCATION IN ALL RESPECTS OF THE DESIGN, BUILDING, FUNCTION MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION OF STEAM AND OTHER ENGINES, PLANT APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT AND IN PARTICULAR ENGINES MADE BY ROBEY OF LINCOLN, AND TO THIS END TO ACQUIRE, RESTORE, OPERATE, PRESERVE AND DISPLAY FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC, STEAM VEHICLES AND OTHER HISTORIC ENGINES, ESPECIALLY ITEMS OF THE ROBEY MANUFACTURE.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED. IN PRACTICE, THE UNITED KINGDOM

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Education/training · Environment/conservation/heritage · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: West Devon, South West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity held unrestricted reserves of £42,103.31 at the end of the financial year, representing a net cash inflow of £15,535.02. The trustees note that these reserves are held to cover irregular but significant outlays for steam vehicle boiler repairs and ongoing building maintenance.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 3 were received after the due date: year ending 28/11/2025 (received 06/10/2026, 8 days after the 28/09/2026 due date); year ending 28/11/2024 (received 05/11/2025, 38 days after the 28/09/2025 due date); year ending 28/11/2022 (received 30/07/2024, 306 days after the 28/09/2023 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 04225304

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• AYLAND, Jack Benjamin — director, appointed 24/03/2018on trustee list
• EDWARDS, Hywel Roger — director, appointed 24/03/2018on trustee list
• MASTERS, Alexander — director, appointed 09/04/2016on trustee list
• EDWARDS, Bryan — director, appointed 27/03/2004on trustee list
• AYLAND, Jack Benjamin — secretary, appointed 24/03/2018

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

3 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (3 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Alexander C F Masterschair
• BRYAN EDWARDS
• Hywel Roger Edwards
• Jack Ayland

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

Operates in: Devon

Income and spending

Common questions

Government & lottery funding

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

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE BANBURY STEAM SOCIETY.

• THE BANBURY STEAM SOCIETY income £25k
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• THE CHARITABLE AND EDUCATIONAL TRUST OF THE COMPANY OF SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENT MAKERS income £156k
• HENHAM STEAM RALLY LIMITED income £199k
• NATIONAL TRACTION ENGINE TRUST income £105k
• RHYL STEAM PRESERVATION TRUST income £187k

Side by side with its peers

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