THE EAST ANGLIA TRANSPORT MUSEUM SOCIETY LIMITED

Registered charity 268204 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Operating transport museum established for the benefit of the nation to promote permanent preservation of transport vehicles and equipment and items of general transport interest of actual or potential historic or scientic importance and educative value.

Objects

1) TO ESTABLISH AND MAINTAIN FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE NATION AN OPERATING TRANSPORT MUSEUM AND FOR THE LIKE PURPOSE TO PROMOTE THE PERMANENT PRESERVATION OF TRANSPORT VEHICLES AND EQUIPMENT AND ITEMS OF GENERAL TRANSPORT INTEREST OF ACTUAL OR POTENTIAL HISTORIC OR SCIENTIFIC IMPORTANCE AND EDUCATIVE VALUE. 2) WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING, THE TRUSTEE MAY CARRY OUT THE OBJECT PARTICULARLY BY THE RESTORATION OF TRAMCARS (INCLUDING, GLASGOW TRAM 1245 AND LOWESTOFT TRAMCAR NO. 14 OF 1904), PROVIDED THAT THEY ARE ON PUBLIC EXHIBITION OR OTHERWISE USED FOR PUBLIC BENEFIT.

Area of benefit: EAST ANGLIA

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

Causes: Education/training · Arts/culture/heritage/science · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£273k

Latest spending

£196k

Registered

1974

Accounts read

FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity maintained unrestricted reserves of £1,769,235, which the trustees consider to be within their stated policy target of three to six months' expenditure. The charity reported a net income surplus of £76,617 for the year and confirmed adequate resources to continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three to six months' expenditure (held: £1.8m)

“It is the policy of the charity that unrestricted funds which have not been designated for a specific use should be maintained at a level equivalent to between three and six month’s expenditure.” — page 4

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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.

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Property (HM Land Registry)

3 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (2 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 · instagram

Trustees · trustee networks

Alan John Bertram · trustee of 1 other charity
Alfie William Blanchflower
Benjamin Robert Drage
Christopher Weight
DAVID MICHAEL LAWRENCE · trustee of 3 other charities
Gary George William Edwards
Graham Stoakes
Julian Wooldridge
Richard James Alger
Stephen James Hobbs
oliver andrew harris

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

Operates in: Cambridgeshire · Essex · Norfolk · Suffolk

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2024	£273k	£196k
31/12/2023	£291k	£157k
31/12/2022	£446k	£396k
31/12/2021	£318k	£240k
31/12/2020	£210k	£210k

Common questions

Is THE EAST ANGLIA TRANSPORT MUSEUM SOCIETY LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity maintained unrestricted reserves of £1,769,235, which the trustees consider to be within their stated policy target of three to six months' expenditure. The charity reported a net income surplus of £76,617 for the year and confirmed adequate resources to continue as a going concern. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	27/04/2020	£17k	"COVID19 East Anglia Transport Museum"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	09/09/2008	£199k	"Tar, Sweat and Steam"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	29/03/2006	£3k	"The Museum Preserves The Region'S Transport Vehicles And Equipment, As Well As Items Of General Transport Interest. The Award Will Buy The M"
The National Lottery Community Fund	23/03/2006	£3k	Preparing presentations

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
LONDON TRANSPORT MUSEUM FRIENDS	1	£822k
KUSUMA TRUST UK	1	£130k
THE FINNIS SCOTT FOUNDATION	1	£750

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with LONDON TRANSPORT MUSEUM LIMITED.

LONDON TRANSPORT MUSEUM LIMITED income £19.9m
LONDON TRANSPORT MUSEUM FRIENDS income £218k
ASTON MANOR ROAD TRANSPORT MUSEUM LIMITED income £143k
WESTERN LOCOMOTIVE ASSOCIATION LIMITED income £191k
SANDTOFT TRANSPORT CENTRE LIMITED income £325k
THE NATIONAL MOTOR MUSEUM TRUST LIMITED income £3.6m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE EAST ANGLIA TRANSPORT MUSEUM SOCIETY LIMITED	£273k	—	0	within	—	no doubt
LONDON TRANSPORT MUSEUM LIMITED FY2025	£19.9m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
LONDON TRANSPORT MUSEUM FRIENDS FY2026	£218k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
ASTON MANOR ROAD TRANSPORT MUSEUM LIMITED FY2025	£143k	—	0	below	—	no doubt
WESTERN LOCOMOTIVE ASSOCIATION LIMITED FY2025	£191k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
SANDTOFT TRANSPORT CENTRE LIMITED FY2025	£325k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.