HAMPTON & KEMPTON WATERWORKS RAILWAY LIMITED

Registered charity 1166913 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as KEMPTON STEAM RAILWAY

Restoration of historic railway

Objects

4 The charity’s objects (‘Objects’) are specifically restricted to the following: For the public benefit to restore, maintain and operate part of our industrial heritage, the Hampton & Kempton Waterworks Railway, in order to  - (1) Advance the education of the public about the engineering achievement and legacy of the water industry serving London and the use of dedicated rail transport to serve that industry. (2) To reconstruct and operate, as a public amenity, on the original trackbed where possible, the former narrow-gauge railway linking the preserved Kempton Park pumping engines and the River Thames at Hampton. (3) To construct a branch of the narrow-gauge railway to the mainline station at Kempton Park thus providing an environmentally friendly public transport link to a wide area of West London and beyond. (4) Provide educational and training facilities to – (a) Those engaged in the restoration and operation of the railway (b) Young persons learning early 20th century engineering skills (c) School children and others studying our industrial heritage (5) Provide environmentally friendly access to ecologically sensitive nature reserves through currently inaccessible Green Belt land.

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

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Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a small operating surplus of £2,865 in 2024, bringing total funds to £178,458. However, the trustees note that progress on the mainline expansion is hampered by the unresolved financial difficulties of their landlord, Thames Water, creating a noted risk to future development plans.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 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 policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 08428299

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.

• CASTLE, James — director, appointed 01/04/2024on trustee list
• MUNCKTON, Les — director, appointed 01/04/2024on trustee list
• ROBERTS, Linda Diane — director, appointed 08/11/2022on trustee list
• CLODE, Colin Patrick — director, appointed 12/05/2021on trustee list
• CHORLEY, Bernard John — director, appointed 12/05/2021on trustee list
• LEWIS, David Bishop — director, appointed 12/05/2021on trustee list
• EATON, Anthony Stephen — secretary, appointed 04/03/2013

Official officers record.

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Register events

• Received assets from another charity (23/06/2020) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Bernard John Chorley
• Colin Patrick Clode
• David Bishop Lewis
• James Castle
• Les Munckton
• Linda Diane Roberts

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

Operates in: Hounslow · Richmond Upon Thames · Surrey

Income and spending

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Government & lottery funding

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