WESTONZOYLAND ENGINE TRUST

Registered charity 279765 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as WESTONZOYLAND PUMPING STATION (MUSEUM OF STEAM POWER AND LAND DRAINAGE)

Voluntary run museum of steam power and land drainage. Owner of grade 2* (star) listed building and 1861 steam powered drainage machine, and many other exhibits.

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Latest income

£45k

Latest spending

£32k

Registered

1980

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state the charity concluded the year with a surplus of just under £13,000, significantly bolstered by restricted grant funding. Per the Treasurer's report, cash at the bank was just under £50,000, including a specific boiler fund of over £16,000. The trustees note the need to continue building income and increasing revenue sources, particularly through site hire, to sustain operations.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Entrance fees, donations, and café

“With increasing income from entrance fees, entrance donations and the café! We have also had a record year in income from other revenues with continuing bookings of Paranormal Investigations and also other bookings fro users such as the dog training company.”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

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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

ANDREW NORMAN CARTERchair
ALAN DAVIES
Geoffrey Bernard Harding · trustee of 1 other charity
Ian Gilliam
Jason Mark Keswick · trustee of 1 other charity
Mary Miles · trustee of 2 other charities

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

Operates in: Somerset

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
30/09/2025	£45k	£32k
30/09/2024	£34k	£44k
30/09/2023	£34k	£30k
30/09/2022	£32k	£24k
30/09/2021	£32k	£38k

Common questions

Is WESTONZOYLAND ENGINE TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state the charity concluded the year with a surplus of just under £13,000, significantly bolstered by restricted grant funding. Per the Treasurer's report, cash at the bank was just under £50,000, including a specific boiler fund of over £16,000. The trustees note the need to continue building income and increasing revenue sources, particularly through site hire, to sustain operations.

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
UK government	01/04/2020	£947	ALB-HISTORIC ENGLAND - Westonzoyland Pumping Station, Bridgwater, Somerset TA7 0LS
UK government	01/04/2019	£4k	Westonzoyland Pumping Station, Bridgwater, Somerset