RUSHDEN HISTORICAL TRANSPORT SOCIETY

Registered charity 285535 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Establishment and operation of a transport musuem and Heritage Railway

Objects

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE HISTORY OF TRANSPORT AND TO PROVIDE A MUSEUM FOR THE PUBLIC EXHIBITION OF VEHICLES OF HISTORICAL INTEREST.

Area of benefit: UNDEFINED

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Environment/conservation/heritage · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity reported a net incoming resource of £15,591 for the year, bringing total funds to £748,115. The trustees consider financial performance satisfactory and state there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue. Reserves are held at £737,744, which the trustees intend to retain to produce income for existing activities.

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 handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• 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

Corporate structure

• Trading subsidiary: RUSHDEN HIGHAM & WELLINGBOROUGH RAILWAY LIMITED Companies House 06356243 · Financial health read from its filings

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Rushden Historical Transport Society (matched by registered charity number).

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Trustees · trustee networks

• Richard Lewischair
• COLIN ROWLAND ROBINSON
• David Chambers
• David Floyd
• JOHN EWART SUGARS
• Mark Lawman
• Robert Smith

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

Operates in: Northamptonshire

Income and spending

Common questions

Government & lottery funding

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