NORTHAMPTON TRANSPORT HERITAGE

Registered charity 1194533 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To promote and use the Charities knowledge and expertise in the local (Northamptonshire) Transport Heritage, providing access to anyone to use the vehicles and for the Charity to use the vehicles for display or for use for the benefit of local people

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE ATTACHED AT THE END OF THIS CONSTITUTION AS APPENDIX 2.THE PRESERVATION, CONSERVATION AND EDUCATION OF TRANSPORT ITEMS OF HISTORICAL OR TECHNICAL INTEREST FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN NORTHAMPTON BY:-1. THE DISPLAY OF ITEMS OF HISTORICAL AND TECHNICAL INTEREST WHICH WILL INCLUDE BUT NOT LIMITED TO, VEHICLES, BOOKS, DRAWINGS, FILMS, PHOTOGRAPHS AND RECORDINGS OF ALL FORMS OF THE ABOVE SPHERE OF INTEREST;2. ENCOURAGING THE CO-ORDINATION OF THE TRANSPORT PRESERVATION MOVEMENT TO ADVISE AND ASSIST IN ALL ASPECTS OF THE PUBLIC PROMOTION OF THE ABOVE, INCLUDING HOSTING AND DISPLAYS OF HISTORICAL TRANSPORT;3. SEEKING TO PROCURE SUITABLE PREMISES FOR STORAGE, CONSERVATION, DISPLAY, AND ACCESS OF ITS ARTEFACTS FOR LEISURE, EDUCATION AND RESEARCH PURPOSES WITH THE AIM OF ESTABLISHING A MUSEUM;4. EDUCATING IN THE KEY OBJECTIVE BY ENGAGING WITH SCHOOLS, COLLEGES, UNIVERSITIES AND LOCAL COMMUNITIES AND GROUPS IN ORDER THAT OUR EXHIBITS, RECORDS, AND KNOWLEDGE CAN BE IMPARTED FOR THE FURTHERANCE OF EDUCATION AND RESEARCH;5. RECOGNISING THE IMPORTANCE OF THE YOUNGER GENERATION IN PROVIDING A FUTURE FOR THE GROUP AND ITS OBJECTIVES BY ENCOURAGING THEM TO PARTICIPATE IN ALL ASPECTS OF ITS OPERATIONS THROUGH ENGAGEMENT AND PRACTICAL EXPERIENCE;6. WORKING IN PARTNERSHIP WITH LOCAL AUTHORITY REPRESENTATIVES, BUSINESSES, AND COMPATIBLE GROUPS, WITH SIMILAR OBJECTIVES, FOR MUTUAL BENEFIT;7. RAISING FUNDS TO ENABLE IT TO SUPPORT ITS OBJECTIVES; AND8. WORKING INDEPENDENTLY AND NOT SUPPORTING ANY POLITICAL PARTY.NOTHING IN THIS CONSTITUTION SHALL AUTHORISE AN APPLICATION OF THE PROPERTY OF THE CIO FOR THE PURPOSES WHICH ARE NOT CHARITABLE IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 7 OF THE CHARITIES AND TRUSTEE INVESTMENT (SCOTLAND) ACT 2005 AND SECTION 2 OF THE CHARITIES ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 2008.

Area of benefit: NORTHAMPTON

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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Registered contact address: West Northamptonshire, East Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity reported a small surplus of £453 for the year ended 31 December 2025, with total receipts of £40,926. Unrestricted funds increased by £4,495 to £13,907, while restricted funds decreased to £6,887. The trustees have adopted a new reserves policy targeting a minimum of £6,000, which is currently met by the unrestricted fund balance.

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
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

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

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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, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 31/12/2023 (received 16/12/2024, 46 days after the 31/10/2024 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.

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Trustees · trustee networks

• Graham Croucherchair
• Andrew Rhodes
• Georgina Jeyes
• Malcolm Tales
• NEIL FARMER
• Phillip Curtis

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

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with NARTM.

• NARTM income £75k
• MERSEYSIDE TRANSPORT TRUST income £61k
• NORTH NORFOLK COMMUNITY TRANSPORT income £324k
• LONDON TRANSPORT MUSEUM LIMITED income £19.9m
• National Transport Trust income £50k
• BODMIN RAILWAY HERITAGE TRUST income £105k

Side by side with its peers

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