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ASHFORD MODEL RAILWAY MUSEUM

Company no. 08415538 · PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption)
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ASHFORD MODEL RAILWAY MUSEUM is an active 13-year-old company. Worth a closer look: confirmation statement overdue at companies house and has traded under 1 previous name. On the plus side, accounts filed and up to date.

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Confirmation statement overdue at Companies House
Has traded under 1 previous name
Active on the Companies House register
Accounts filed and up to date
No outstanding charges or mortgages registered
Established — 13+ years on the register

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Company details
Established 10+ yearsName changed
StatusActive
Company number08415538
TypePRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption)
Incorporated22 Feb 2013 · 13 yrs
Registered office24 Halden Field, Rolvenden, Cranbrook, TN17 4BX
Nature of business85590 - Other education n.e.c. · 91020 - Museums activities
Next accounts due31 Jul 2027
Confirmation statement due8 Mar 2026
Previous namesWOODCHURCH MODEL RAILWAY MUSEUM (18/02/2014)

Contact

Contact from the Charity Commission (official public register).

Charity Commission

Charity number
1168774
Charity status
Registered
Registered charity since
15 Aug 2016
Charity type
Charitable company
Latest income
£179,098 · year to 31 Oct 2025
Latest expenditure
£56,915

What ASHFORD MODEL RAILWAY MUSEUM does

Bringing model railways to the community for learning, wellbeing and fun. Promoting education and personal development through research, planning, building, operation and display of model railways. Collaborative engagement with local heritage organisations to promote social and industrial history. Develop permanent museum and education centre to display heritage model railway assets & artefacts.

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

Charity income & expenditure

Financial year endingIncomeExpenditureNet
31 Oct 2025 £179,098 £56,915 £122,183
31 Oct 2024 £61,350 £37,271 £24,079
31 Oct 2023 £34,956 £16,361 £18,595
31 Oct 2022 £34,364 £12,013 £22,351
28 Feb 2022 £61,752 £6,149 £55,603

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 (6)

Frederick James William Garner
Trustee · appointed 6 Apr 2020
HARRY ERNEST MAYNARD
Trustee · appointed 15 Aug 2016
MR CLIFF PARSONS
Trustee · appointed 15 Aug 2016
Mark Jenner
Trustee · appointed 1 Jun 2025
RUPERT DAVID EDWARD BROWN
Trustee · appointed 15 Aug 2016
STEPHEN BECK
Trustee · appointed 6 Jan 2025

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

BROWN, Rupert David Edward
Director · appointed 22 Feb 2013 · British
GARNER, Frederick James William
Director · appointed 6 Apr 2020 · British
MAYNARD, Harry Ernest
Director · appointed 1 Jul 2016 · British
PARSONS, Clifford Reginald
Director · appointed 22 Feb 2013 · British

Ownership & control (PSC)

Statement filed — no individual PSC named
Persons with significant control statement
Filing status
AccountsUp to date
Last accounts made up to31 Oct 2025
Next accounts due31 Jul 2027
Confirmation statementOverdue
Last statement22 Feb 2025
Next statement due8 Mar 2026
Accounts typeSmall company

Filing position at Companies House. A company keeping accounts and its confirmation statement up to date is a basic sign of good order; anything overdue is worth a question.

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