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THE A1 STEAM LOCOMOTIVE TRUST

Company no. 02636924 · PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital)
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THE A1 STEAM LOCOMOTIVE TRUST is an active 35-year-old company. Worth a closer look: confirmation statement overdue at companies house and 1 outstanding charge. On the plus side, accounts filed and up to date.

Risk indicators1 point to check
Confirmation statement overdue at Companies House
1 outstanding charge — secured debt registered
Active on the Companies House register
Accounts filed and up to date
Established — 35+ years on the register

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Company details
Established 10+ years1 charge
StatusActive
Company number02636924
TypePRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital)
Incorporated12 Aug 1991 · 35 yrs
Registered officeDARLINGTON LOCOMOTIVE WORKS, 9 BONOMI WAY, DARLINGTON, DL3 0PY
Nature of business30200 - Manufacture of railway locomotives and rolling stock
Next accounts due31 Dec 2026
Confirmation statement due26 Aug 2026

Contact

Contact from the Charity Commission (official public register).

Charity Commission

Charity number
1022834
Charity status
Registered
Registered charity since
21 Jun 1993
Charity type
Charitable company
Latest income
£1,197,635 · year to 31 Mar 2025
Latest expenditure
£792,120

What THE A1 STEAM LOCOMOTIVE TRUST does

To build, preserve, operate and exhibit for public benefit, for educational benefit and instructional purposes locomotives of historical or scientific importance, in particular a peppercorn class A1 express passenger locomotive.

Charitable objects and activities as declared by the charity to the Charity Commission for England and Wales.

Charity income & expenditure

Financial year endingIncomeExpenditureNet
31 Mar 2025 £1,197,635 £792,120 £405,515
31 Mar 2024 £1,282,672 £1,142,193 £140,479
31 Mar 2023 £1,651,768 £682,123 £969,645
31 Mar 2022 £1,924,188 £1,834,660 £89,528
31 Mar 2021 £1,635,464 £877,875 £757,589

Figures as filed in the charity's annual returns to the Charity Commission — last 5 reported years. Net is income less expenditure; a negative figure means the charity spent more than it received that year.

Trustees (9)

COLONEL STEPHEN DAVIES MBEChair
Trustee · appointed 7 Oct 2019
Elizabeth Alexandra Ross Gibson
Trustee · appointed 13 May 2023
Gary Nigel Hughes
Trustee · appointed 14 Jan 2026
Graeme Bunker-James
Trustee · appointed 14 Jan 2026
Graham Langer
Trustee · appointed 21 Jan 2017
James Christopher Walker
Trustee · appointed 4 Apr 2014
Martin Brian Welsh
Trustee · appointed 15 Jan 2025
Richard John Courteney-Harris
Trustee · appointed 1 Jul 2025
Wayne Alan Kyte
Trustee · appointed 11 Jun 2024

Trustees as recorded on the Charity Commission register. For a charitable company the trustees are normally also its Companies House directors, so this list and the Directors & officers list below should broadly agree — a large discrepancy is worth asking about.

Directors & officers

No active officers found on the public register.

Ownership & control (PSC)

Statement filed — no individual PSC named
Persons with significant control statement
Filing status
AccountsUp to date
Last accounts made up to31 Mar 2025
Next accounts due31 Dec 2026
Confirmation statementOverdue
Last statement12 Aug 2025
Next statement due26 Aug 2026
Accounts typeGroup accounts

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