SANDTOFT TRANSPORT CENTRE LIMITED

Registered charity 514382 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE TROLLEYBUS MUSEUM AT SANDTOFT

Operation of a working trolleybus and transport museum, including the associated restoration and/ or conservation of exhibits, archives etc.

Objects

TO ADVANCE PUBLIC EDUCATION BY ESTABLISHING AND MAINTAINING FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE NATION AN OPERATING TROLLEYBUS MUSEUM AND FOR THE LIKE PURPOSE TO PROMOTE THE PERMANENT PRESERVATION OF OMNIBUSES AND TROLLEY VEHICLES AND EQUIPTMENT AND ITEMS OF GENERAL TRANSPORT INTEREST OF ACTUAL OR POTENTIAL HISTORIC OR SCIENTIFIC IMPORTANCE AND EDUCATIVE VALUE. (FOR FULL DETAILS SEE CLAUSE 3 OF THE MEMORANDUM).

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

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

Causes: Education/training · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Environment/conservation/heritage · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net increase in funds of £877,962 for the year, driven largely by a legacy of approximately £950,000. Free reserves stood at £559,965, which the trustees consider sufficient to meet operational needs and future planned works. The auditor confirmed that the charity is a going concern with no material uncertainties identified.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Barlow Andrews LLP. 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
• 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
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 01747475

Funders the charity credits

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

• Lincs Lotto — “Supporting Us Lincs Lotto” (source page)

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.

• COLLINS, Stanley — director, appointed 04/11/2024on trustee list
• RACE, James Thomas Raymond — director, appointed 04/11/2024on trustee list
• WALSH, Anthony William — director, appointed 20/11/2023on trustee list
• CROSS, Helen Elizabeth — director, appointed 20/11/2022on trustee list
• CHICK, David George — director, appointed 22/11/2021on trustee list
• FRANCIS, John — director, appointed 16/12/2019on trustee list
• ALLEN, Charles Edward — director, appointed 16/12/2019on trustee list
• WILSON, Ian Henry — director, appointed 24/11/2001on trustee list
• CROSS, Helen Elizabeth — secretary, appointed 20/11/2022

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.

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/01/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~19.4 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 7.1 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 4.4% of total income — above the median for charities its size (3.0%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Anthony Walsh
• Charles Edward Allen
• DAVID GEORGE CHICK · trustee of 3 other charities
• Helen Elizabeth Cross · trustee of 1 other charity
• IAN HENRY WILSON
• James Thomas Raymond Race
• John Francis · trustee of 2 other charities
• Stanley Collins

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

Operates in: Doncaster · East Riding Of Yorkshire · North Lincolnshire · Nottinghamshire

Income and spending

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Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE EAST ANGLIA TRANSPORT MUSEUM SOCIETY LIMITED.

• THE EAST ANGLIA TRANSPORT MUSEUM SOCIETY LIMITED income £273k
• LONDON TRANSPORT MUSEUM LIMITED income £19.9m
• ASTON MANOR ROAD TRANSPORT MUSEUM LIMITED income £143k
• SOUTH YORKSHIRE TRANSPORT MUSEUM LTD income £108k
• THE THAMES VALLEY AND GREAT WESTERN OMNIBUS TRUST income £171k
• LONDON TRANSPORT MUSEUM FRIENDS income £218k

Side by side with its peers

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