THE TRAMWAY MUSEUM SOCIETY

Registered charity 313615 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CRICH TRAMWAY VILLAGE, THE NATIONAL TRAMWAY MUSEUM

The charity owns and maintains the Crich Tramway Village, home of the National Tramway Museum at Crich Derbyshire, which is devoted to tramways and allied interests.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net decrease in funds of £383,268 for the year, driven by a drop in paying customer numbers and higher fundraising costs. Despite this deficit, the trustees confirm that free reserves of £423,000 are sufficient to cover four months of revenue expenditure, and the auditor found 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 audited by Bates Weston Audit Ltd. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 00744229
• Trading subsidiary: TRAMWAY MUSEUM SERVICES (R&C) LIMITED Companies House 06058747

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• MADDOCKS, Peter William — director, appointed 30/01/2026on trustee list
• ROBERTS, Adrian David — director, appointed 08/11/2025on trustee list
• BROWN, Anthony John Cooper — director, appointed 19/02/2025on trustee list
• WHITELEY, Peter John — director, appointed 06/02/2025on trustee list
• STURGESS, Nicholas James — director, appointed 11/11/2023on trustee list
• MILTON, Peter — director, appointed 11/09/2021on trustee list
• BENHAM, Philip Martin — director, appointed 11/09/2021on trustee list
• PLEACE, Ian David — director, appointed 19/12/2020on trustee list
• WEBB, David — director, appointed 21/07/2019on trustee list
• PENDLETON, Andrew Mark — director, appointed 30/07/2016on trustee list
• FRODSHAM, David — director, appointed 30/07/2016on trustee list
• STURGESS, Nicholas James — secretary, appointed 05/04/2025

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

4 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (4 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~9.3 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 26.7% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Andrew Mark Pendletonchair
• Adrian David Roberts
• Anthony John Cooper Brown
• David Frodsham
• David Webb
• Ian David Pleace · trustee of 1 other charity
• Nicholas James Sturgess
• PHILIP MARTIN BENHAM · trustee of 2 other charities
• Peter John Whiteley · trustee of 1 other charity
• Peter Milton
• Peter William Maddocks

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with North Yorkshire Moors Railway Trust.

• North Yorkshire Moors Railway Trust income £9.8m
• WEST SOMERSET RAILWAY HERITAGE TRUST LTD income £3.0m
• CRICH GLEBE COMMUNITY CENTRE income £199k
• GLOUCESTERSHIRE WARWICKSHIRE RAILWAY TRUST income £733k
• SOMERSET AND DORSET RAILWAY HERITAGE TRUST income £666k
• STATFOLD NARROW GAUGE MUSEUM TRUST LTD income £3.2m

Side by side with its peers

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