EAST KENT RAILWAY TRUST

Registered charity 1095790 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The East Kent Railway Trust aims to preserve the railway and industrial heritage of South East England. This includes items relating to the former Kent Coalfields.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a small operating profit of £448 for the year ended 31 January 2025, following a loss in the previous year. Total net assets stood at £215,689, with unrestricted reserves (Profit and loss account) of £161,588. The trustees noted that the year involved reduced income and increased costs, but they are managing expenses adequately.

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.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 04294363

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.

• COTTER, Carol Joyce — director, appointed 23/02/2025on trustee list
• PLEWS, Matthew Owen Victor — director, appointed 23/02/2025on trustee list
• WATSON, Robert Mark — director, appointed 23/02/2025on trustee list
• HODGES, Alan — director, appointed 21/05/2016on trustee list
• COTTER, Carol Joyce — secretary, appointed 01/12/2020

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

6 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (5 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook

Trustees · trustee networks

• David John Harrischair
• Alan James Hodges · trustee of 1 other charity
• Carol Cotter
• Mark Watson
• Matthew Plews

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

Operates in: Kent

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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