KEW BRIDGE ENGINES TRUST AND WATER SUPPLY MUSEUM LIMITED

Registered charity 269285 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as KEW BRIDGE ENGINES TRUST

The charity is principally engaged in the operation for public enjoyment of the museum and historic pumping engines at Kew Bridge Pumping Station, Brentford, Middlesex.

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Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity incurred an operating loss of £16,776 and unrestricted reserves stood at £77,169. The trustees report considerable financial jeopardy, noting that the current reserves are not enough to guarantee the museum would not run out of money by the end of 2025 without further contingencies.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Collards. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

• Trading subsidiary: HISTORIC STEAM LIMITED Companies House 01185027
• Registered company of the charity Companies House 01190608

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.

• WAXMAN, John Philip — director, appointed 12/04/2024on trustee list
• BARNES, Nigel Shaun — director, appointed 22/08/2022on trustee list
• RUSSELL, Benjamin Leon Rees — director, appointed 09/08/2019on trustee list
• HOLLOM, Frederick Philip — director, appointed 01/08/2019on trustee list
• HOLLOM, Frederick Philip — secretary, appointed 01/08/2019

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

2 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2024)

Reported reserves equal ~0.8 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (54% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 27.5% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Benjamin Russell
• Frederick Philip Hollom
• John Philip Waxman
• Nigel Barnes

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

Operates in: Throughout London

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Government & lottery funding

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