NORTH WEST MUSEUM OF TRANSPORT LIMITED

Registered charity 513262 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as NORTH WEST MUSEUM OF ROAD TRANSPORT

Operation of the North West Museum of Road Transport in St Helens town centre.

Objects

TO ESTABLISH AND MAINTAIN FOR THE EDUCTION AND BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC OF CHESHIRE, CLWYD, CUMBRIA, GREATER MANCHESTER, LANCASHIRE, AND MERSEYSIDE, AN OPERATING MUSEUM TRAMWAY AND TROLLEYBUS SYSTEM AND A TRANSPORT MUSEUM.

Area of benefit: SEE OBJECTS

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 reported a deficit for the year of £7,755, with total income of £104,338 against expenditure of £112,093. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves were held at £30,000, which meets the stated policy target of covering approximately four months of normal expenditure. The trustees confirmed adequate resources for going concern, noting no material uncertainties.

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.

• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• Single Regeneration Budget — “Grants had been obtained from the Single Regeneration Budget, European Regional Development Fund, Neighbourhood Renewal Funding, North West …” (source page)
• European Regional Development Fund — “Grants had been obtained from the Single Regeneration Budget, European Regional Development Fund, Neighbourhood Renewal Funding, North West …” (source page)
• Neighbourhood Renewal Funding — “Grants had been obtained from the Single Regeneration Budget, European Regional Development Fund, Neighbourhood Renewal Funding, North West …” (source page)
• North West Coalfields Community Campaign — “Grants had been obtained from the Single Regeneration Budget, European Regional Development Fund, Neighbourhood Renewal Funding, North West …” (source page)
• DTI — “Grants had been obtained from the Single Regeneration Budget, European Regional Development Fund, Neighbourhood Renewal Funding, North West …” (source page)

Property (HM Land Registry)

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

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Alastair James Oldfield · trustee of 1 other charity
• CLIVE RICHARD ARNOLD
• Gerald Pennington
• Paul Smallwood
• Robert Hughes

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

Operates in: Halton · Knowsley · Lancashire · Liverpool City · Sefton · St Helens · Warrington · Wigan

Income and spending

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Government & lottery funding

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with ST HELENS CARERS CENTRE.

• ST HELENS CARERS CENTRE income £1.5m
• PETER STREET CENTRE LTD income £117k
• LONDON TRANSPORT MUSEUM LIMITED income £19.9m
• ST HELENS DISTRICT CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU income £797k
• SOUTH YORKSHIRE TRANSPORT MUSEUM LTD income £108k
• CROSSROADS CARE NORTH WEST income £1.7m

Side by side with its peers

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.