National Transport Trust

Registered charity 280943 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as NATIONALTRANSPORT TRUST, THE TRANSPORT TRUST

WE ARE THE HUB OF THE UK TRANSPORT PRESERVATION MOVEMENT, WE MAKE AWARDS AND GRANTS FOR RESTORATION PROJECTS; RECOGNISE INDIVIDUAL ACHIEVEMENT AND CONTRIBUTION; ENCOURAGE THE INVOLVEMENT OF YOUNG PEOPLE IN RESTORATION PROJECTS; ADVISE AND ASSIST NATIONAL BODIES ON HERITAGE AND PRESERVATION; MARK AND EDUCATE ON SITES OF HISTORICAL TRANSPORT SIGNIFICANCE.

Objects

TO ENCOURAGE TO THE GREATEST EXTENT POSSIBLE, FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE UNITED KINGDOM, THE PROMOTION OF NATIONAL CULTURAL MOBILE HERITAGE THROUGH THE CELEBRATION, RECORDING, PROTECTION, PERMANENT PRESERVATION AND CONTINUED USE OF: (A) PHYSICAL ASSETS OF HISTORICAL INTEREST SHOWING THE EVOLUTION AND DEVELOPMENT OF ALL FORMS AND ASPECTS OF TRANSPORT ON LAND, WATER AND IN THE AIR, AND OF (B) BOOKS, DRAWINGS, MODELS, MANUFACTURING INSTRUCTIONS, SPECIFICATIONS, RECORDS, DOCUMENTS, SOUND AND VISUAL RECORDINGS, CINEMATOGRAPH FILMS AND PHOTOGRAPHS, AND ALL SUCH THINGS IN PHYSICAL, DIGITAL AND ANALOGUE FORMATS RELATING TO SUCH FORMS AND ASPECTS OF TRANSPORT AS SET OUT IN (A) ABOVE. 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: NATIONAL

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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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity held unrestricted free reserves of £260,491 at the year-end, which the trustees consider sufficient to meet its stated policy target of two years' operating costs. The charity reported a net expenditure of £13,046 on unrestricted funds for the year, with total income of £50,343 and total expenditure of £63,389. The trustees confirmed there were no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

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 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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Trustees · trustee networks

• Leon Danielschair · trustee of 2 other charities
• Anne Christine Hughes · trustee of 1 other charity
• CHRISTOPHER SEYMOUR HEAPS
• Jeremy Swift · trustee of 2 other charities
• Keith Ernest Gibbins
• Michael Peter Waller
• Robert Owen · trustee of 1 other charity
• Robert Shorland-Ball · trustee of 2 other charities
• STUART ANDREW WILKINSON · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

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