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BREDE STEAM ENGINE SOCIETY

Company no. 03451902 · PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital)
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BREDE STEAM ENGINE SOCIETY is an active 28-year-old company. Worth a closer look: net assets down 29% over 2 years. On the plus side, accounts filed and up to date.

Risk indicators1 point to check
Net assets down 29% over 2 years
Active on the Companies House register
Accounts filed and up to date
No outstanding charges or mortgages registered
Established — 28+ years on the register

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Company details
Established 10+ years
StatusActive
Company number03451902
TypePRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital)
Incorporated20 Oct 1997 · 28 yrs
Registered officeBrede Steam Engine Society Waterworks Lane, Brede, Rye, TN31 6HG
Nature of business91030 - Operation of historical sites and buildings and similar visitor attractions
Next accounts due5 Jan 2027
Confirmation statement due22 Dec 2026

Contact

Contact from the Charity Commission (official public register).

Charity Commission

Charity number
1082438
Charity status
Registered
Registered charity since
16 Sep 2000
Charity type
Charitable company
Latest income
£13,253 · year to 5 Apr 2025
Latest expenditure
£106,937

What BREDE STEAM ENGINE SOCIETY does

To advance the education of the public in the subject of steam pumping engines used in the water industry and in related subjects with particular reference to the Brede Steam Pumping Engines and the Brede Tramway.

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

Charity income & expenditure

Financial year endingIncomeExpenditureNet
5 Apr 2025 £13,253 £106,937 −£93,684
5 Apr 2024 £114,406 £33,046 £81,360
5 Apr 2023 £8,748 £35,543 −£26,795
5 Apr 2022 £95,933 £9,493 £86,440
5 Apr 2021 £2,179 £4,531 −£2,352

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 (7)

Aaron Beaney
Trustee · appointed 1 Feb 2017
Barbara Atkinson
Trustee · appointed 5 Aug 2021
Christopher John Dadswell
Trustee
Joan Moody
Trustee · appointed 5 Aug 2021
Philip Moore
Trustee · appointed 25 Aug 2015
Ronald Wood
Trustee · appointed 25 Sep 2018
STANLEY ATKINSON
Trustee · appointed 22 Oct 2011

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.

Filed accounts — year to 5 Apr 2025

FigureAmountvs 2024
Current assets £225,312 ▼ -29%
Creditors £0
Net current assets £225,312 ▼ -29%
Total assets less current liabilities £225,312 ▼ -29%
Net assets £225,312 ▼ -29%
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Figures taken directly from the accounts BREDE STEAM ENGINE SOCIETY filed at Companies House for the financial year ending 5 Apr 2025, read from the machine-readable (iXBRL) tags in the filing itself. Smaller companies may file abridged accounts, so not every figure above will be present for every business. Always check the full filing before relying on these numbers.

Property & land holdingsPremium

PropertyTenureArea
land and buildings at Brede Waterworks, Brede Leasehold Rother, East Sussex

Freehold and leasehold titles registered to this company in the HM Land Registry Commercial & Corporate Ownership Data. This covers registered land in England and Wales only, and reflects the register at the date of the extract — recent transactions may not appear.

Directors & officers

ATKINSON, Barbara Susan
Director · appointed 5 Aug 2021 · British
ATKINSON, Stanley Meyer
Director · appointed 26 Jul 2011 · British
BEANEY, Aaron John
Director · appointed 13 Feb 2017 · English
DADSWELL, Christopher John
Director · appointed 20 Jul 2010 · English
JONES, Geoffrey Christopher
Director · appointed 28 Nov 2023 · British
MOODY, Joan Christine
Director · appointed 5 Aug 2021 · British
MOORE, Philip
Director · appointed 10 Aug 2015 · British
WOOD, Ron
Director · appointed 25 Sep 2018 · English

Ownership & control (PSC)

Statement filed — no individual PSC named
Persons with significant control statement
Filing status
AccountsUp to date
Last accounts made up to5 Apr 2025
Next accounts due5 Jan 2027
Confirmation statementUp to date
Last statement8 Dec 2025
Next statement due22 Dec 2026
Accounts typeMicro-entity

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