THE TRAMCAR SPONSORSHIP ORGANISATION

Registered charity 518466 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The objects of the Organisation are to acquire, restore, repair and house tramcar bodies, tramcar trucks and tramway equipment and to transfer the same to the Tramway Museum Society, Crich for preservation and exhibition. The main function of the Organisation is to build up funds for the restoration etc. of tramcars and enable a continuous sequence of projects in the Workshop at Crich.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The Tramcar Sponsorship Organisation reported total receipts of £22,702 and total payments of £216,509 for the year ended 31 October 2025, resulting in a net decrease in funds. The charity holds unrestricted reserves of £770,438 and restricted reserves of £22,517, with no stated reserves policy target disclosed in the accounts.

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 3 of 6 completeness components.

Trustees · trustee networks

• MICHAEL BRENT HIGHAMchair
• Colin Heaton
• Francis Alfred Bagshaw
• MALCOLM CHARLES WRIGHT
• Peter John Whiteley · trustee of 1 other charity
• Philip Russel Burgin

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

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