British Trolleybus Society

Educating the public at large as to the operation and historic interest of the trolleybus by(a) Maintaining and restoring the Society's historic trolleybus collection(b) Supporting the Trolleybus Museum at Sandtoft(c) Publishing a monthly journal about the Society and trolleybuses(d) Publishing books about the trolleybus

In the charity's own words, from the register.

Elsewhere

• Throughout England and Wales
• Scotland
• Northern Ireland

Area of benefit in its governing document: Not Defined

The places the charity told the Commission it works in.

In the year ending 31 March 2025, it had income of £98,373 and spent £49,072.

Figures as the charity reported them to the Charity Commission. Staff and volunteer numbers are only asked of charities with income over £10,000. A year with no row was not reported.

Separate measures from the charity's own returns and accounts, each with its year. Read them together: no single measure says how well a charity is run.

Income over time

Down 8%, from £106,394 in the year to 31 March 2021 to £98,373 in the year to 31 March 2025.

Spending against income

It spent 50% of its income in the year to 31 March 2025. It spent more than its income in 1 of the 5 years shown.

From the annual returns the charity filed with the Charity Commission. The largest funder comes from its accounts, read by AI.

Government grants in the year ending 31 March 2025: Not reported. Government contracts: Not reported.

From the charity's annual return to the Charity Commission, which asks every charity with income over £10,000 how much came from government grants and contracts. It does not say which part of government. These totals are separate from the named funders read from its accounts and the grants published on 360Giving, and are not added to them.

Funders that publish to 360Giving list 2 grants to this charity since 2018, worth at least £9,500.

Only funders that publish their grants to 360Giving are included, and many do not. These are amounts funders awarded, which can differ from what the charity received in a given year, so they are shown apart from the accounts figures above.

12 trustees run the charity.

• Dave ChickChair
• Andrew John Barton
• Bob Rowe
• David Andrew HallAppointed 10 October 2020
• David Turner BeachAppointed 20 February 1994
• Francis Roland Whitehead
• Graham Paul Bilbe
• Helen Elizabeth CrossAppointed 10 October 2020
• John Clift Savage BTech CEngAppointed 7 January 2022
• Paul Christopher DickenAppointed 10 October 2020
• Paul David WealAppointed 8 October 2016
• Prof Francis Terry MA FCILTAppointed 24 February 1994

Trustees are responsible in law for the charity. Names are as they appear on the public register.

Of the last 5 annual returns that were due, 4 arrived by the deadline.

Charities with income over £10,000 send an annual return within 10 months of their year end, and those over £25,000 also send their accounts. Smaller charities only update their income and spending on the register. The dates are when the Commission received each document.

Charity number

1033666

Status

Registered

Registered with the Commission

24 February 1994

Governing document

CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 14TH JANUARY 1994 as amended on 18 Oct 2025

Website

www.britishtrolley.org.ukAs the charity gave it on the register.

Council area of its contact address

Isle of Anglesey

• Register details, income, spending, trustees and filing dates: Charity Commission for England and Wales, register of charities. Loaded by OpenEconomy on 2 November 2026.
• Grants awarded: 360Giving open grants data, from funders that publish there. Loaded by OpenEconomy on 2 November 2026.

• This charity on the Charity Commission register
• 360Giving open grants data
• This charity on OpenEconomy

• OpenCouncil: Isle of Anglesey Council's meetings and decisions
• OpenEconomy: Isle of Anglesey's economy in figures
• OpenSenedd: the Members of the Senedd for Bangor Conwy Môn