ENFIELD AND DISTRICT VETERAN VEHICLE TRUST

Registered charity 275684 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as WHITEWEBBS MUSEUM

To promote the permanent preservation of vehicles of any type being old and of historic interest or scientific importance and to educate the public in the history of transport and the technical details, engineering and performance of such vehicles.

Objects

PROMOTING THE PERMANENT PRESERVATION FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC AND ESPECIALLY THE INHABITANTS OF THE LONDON BOROUGH OF ENFIELD, OF VEHICLES OF AN TYPE BEING OLD AND OF HISTORIC INTEREST OR SCIENTIFIC IMPORTANCE AND TO PROTECT AND PRESERVE PARTICULAR VEHICLES OF SPECIAL MERIT AND TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC IN THE HISTORY OF TRANSPORT AND THE TECHNICAL DETAILS, ENGINEERING AND PERFORMANCE OF SUCH VEHICLES.

Area of benefit: LONDON BOROUGH OF ENFIELD AND ELSEWHERE

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: Enfield, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£263k
Latest spending
£202k
Registered
1978
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £60,935 for the year ended 31 July 2025, with unrestricted funds increasing to £1,602,879. The trustees confirm that adequate resources are available to fulfil the charity's objectives and maintain a policy of holding sufficient unrestricted funds to meet commitments as they fall due.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Enfield Pageant of Motoring
“The main source of income is the annual Enfield Pageant of Motoring. In 2025, the event generated income of £141,260” — page 3
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: sufficient to meet all known and future commitments as they fall due (reserves figure: £1.6m)
“It is their policy to maintain unrestricted funds at a level which is sufficient to meet all known and future commitments as they fall due.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Financial Conduct Authority. This is the charity’s own declaration; it is not a rating and has not been verified by the Commission or by this site.

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.

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

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/07/2025

  • Volunteers: 10

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/07/2024

  • Volunteers: 15

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/07/2023

  • Volunteers: 15

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, 2 were received after the due date: year ending 31/07/2025 (received 03/07/2026, 33 days after the 31/05/2026 due date); year ending 31/07/2024 (received 02/07/2025, 32 days after the 31/05/2025 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.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Whitewebbs Museum of Transport (matched by registered charity number).

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title 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.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Enfield

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/07/2025£263k£202k
31/07/2024£235k£191k
31/07/2023£232k£179k
31/07/2022£239k£160k
31/07/2021£59k£57k

Common questions

Is ENFIELD AND DISTRICT VETERAN VEHICLE TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £60,935 for the year ended 31 July 2025, with unrestricted funds increasing to £1,602,879. The trustees confirm that adequate resources are available to fulfil the charity's objectives and maintain a policy of holding sufficient unrestricted funds to meet commitments as they fall due. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Heritage Fund08/03/2002£4k"The award will be used to stage a unique exhibition of motoring in celebration of the Golden Jubilee. There will be vintage car displays al"

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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
LONDON TRANSPORT MUSEUM FRIENDS1£6k

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with STROUD VINTAGE TRANSPORT AND ENGINE CLUB LTD.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
ENFIELD AND DISTRICT VETERAN VEHICLE TRUST£263k—0above—no doubt
STROUD VINTAGE TRANSPORT AND ENGINE CLUB LTD FY2025£293k—0unclear—no doubt
MERSEYSIDE TRANSPORT TRUST FY2025£61k—0unclear—no doubt
THE HISTORIC COMMERCIAL VEHICLE SOCIETY FY2025£62k—0unclear—no doubt
NORTH WEST VEHICLE RESTORATION TRUST FY2025£69k—0unclear—no doubt
THE CHIPPENHAM AND DISTRICT TRANSPORT FOR THE DISABLED SOCIETY FY2025£91k—0unclear—no doubt

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