CAMBRIAN RAILWAYS SOCIETY LIMITED

Registered charity 701496 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as OSWESTRY RAILWAY CENTRE, OSWESTRY TRANSPORT MUSEUM, THE CAMBRIAN

To acquire land, buildings and artefacts which belonged to the original Cambrian Railways Company in order to preserve them as a permanent working exhibition.

Objects

TO ADVANCE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE HISTORY AND DEVELOPMENT OF RAILWAY LOCOMOTION AND IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY THE PRESERVATION AND RESTORATION OF A SECTION OF THE STANDARD GAUGE RAILWAY SYSTEM FORMERLY OPERATED BY THE CAMBRIAN RAILWAY COMPANY AND FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC TO PRESERVE AND RETAIN AND RESTORE LANDS BUILDINGS EIPMENT AND OTHER AMENITIES OF THE FORMER CAMBRIAN RAILWAY COMPANY.

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

Latest income
£22k
Latest spending
£18k
Registered
1989

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Policies the charity declares

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Property (HM Land Registry)

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

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Operates in: Shropshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£22k£18k
31/03/2024£21k£17k
31/03/2023£0£31
31/03/2022£0£36
31/03/2021£0£36

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Heritage Fund29/04/2002£5k"A Project To Stage A Combined 16-Day Gala Celebrating The Golden Jubilee And The 30th Anniversary Of The Cambrian Railways Society That Will"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund22/10/1996£73k"Weston Wharf Goods Shed & Yard, Weston, Nr Oswestry"