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.

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Latest income

£50k

Latest spending

£63k

Registered

1980

Accounts read

FY2025

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

Reserves policy: two years' operating costs (held: £260k)

“The Trust aims to maintain a minimum reserve of the equivalent of two years' operating costs.” — page 10

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

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

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/10/2025	£50k	£63k
31/10/2024	£51k	£67k
31/10/2023	£139k	£63k
31/10/2022	£37k	£53k
31/10/2021	£35k	£58k

Common questions

Is National Transport Trust financially healthy?

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. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.