Welcome to the BMCT Website

Welcome to our website.
Through the site we aim to keep you informed of the work of the trust and our mission to protect and promote our rich motorcycle engineering heritage.  We actively work with public and independent museums , securing important motorcycles and related artifacts for the nation and arrange for their public display.
  
Please take a few moments to explore the benefits of our low cost membership programme and other ways of getting involved with the work of the Trust.

Recent News

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Peter Wellings announced as new Chair

by Andrew Bufton • 6 November 2025
Following the retirement of Ian Walden OBE at our recent AGM, we are delighted to announce the appointment of Peter Wellings as the new Chairman of the British Motorcycle Charitable Trust. Peter brings a wealth of experience and leadership to this role, having served a previous term as Chairman from 2008-12, and we are confident that his vision and expertise will greatly benefit the Charity in the years ahead. His distinguished career and commitment to excellence align perfectly with the values and aspirations of the BMCT. Please join us in welcoming Peter to his new position, and in supporting him as he leads the British Motorcycle Charitable Trust into an exciting future.

Stafford Show judge joins BMCT Board

by Andrew Bufton • 10 May 2023
We're pleased to announce that Dennis Frost has joined the BMCT Trustee board in place of the recently retired John Kidson. A lifelong motorcyclist, Dennis still has the Velocette he bought as a teenager, nowadays owning a few more machines produced at Veloce Limited’s Hall Green factory in Birmingham. Dennis has been a senior manager in UK universities running campus services and also a civil servant advising elected politicians. In the 1990s he took a break, joining The Classic MotorCycle magazine as their staff writer. He rode and wrote about machines from Anzani to Zenith and also judged motorcycle concours – a role he continues to carry out as head judge at the twice-yearly shows held the Stafford County Showground. Now retired, Dennis advises local authorities about the allowances councillors receive, while also being a board member of one of Britain’s largest pension schemes.

Membership Changes

by Andrew Bufton • 19 December 2022
CHANGES TO THE BMCT MEMBERSHIP SCHEME Please read the following carefully, as it represents the most important change to our membership scheme since its inception more than twenty years ago. The present benefit of free museum admission will be replaced with a discount from 1st January 2023. The growth in membership has exceeded everyone’s expectations and today we have eighteen affiliated museums giving free entry to 2,700 associate members. We’ve reached the point where the financial impact on our partners, who are already struggling with the aftermath of Covid restrictions, has to be considered. We have consulted with the museums, looked at various options, and jointly decided that our membership benefit will change to half price museum entry, rather than the free entry offered hitherto. From 1st January 2023 new members and those renewing will receive a membership card confirming the concessions available at each museum. Discounts will be applied to the regular adult entry price, there are no further concessions for children, seniors, or groups. If you’re an existing member you’ll still be entitled to free museum entry until your card expires, and upon renewal you will be issued a discount card. Of course, we hope that you will take up the new offer and continue to support our work. If you have an automatically renewing subscription and choose not to continue, you will need to stop the recurring payment in your PayPal account. We’re unable to cancel it on your behalf. We’ve taken this timely action to ensure the sustainability of the arrangement with our affiliated museums while still offering a very attractive package to our members. Please also bear in mind that there are still some museums that do not charge for entry. Full details of these are in our new Museums Guide. Link to Museum Section
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THE TRUST

The BMCT is a Charitable Trust dedicated to promoting and supporting the preservation and restoration of our British motorcycle heritage.
By identifying and securing rare and significant British motorcycles, and providing for their exhibition to the public through our Affiliated museums, we aim to protect and preserve these important machines to educate, interest and inform the general public as well as motorcycle enthusiasts on this aspect of our social and sporting engineering heritage.

On our site you will find:-
  • News related to the work of the Trust and the interests of its members, plus an archive of news items
  • Details of many of the motorcycles already restored and held for the Nation
  • Photo Galleries of some stars of the collection and details of where they can be seen
  • Details of our Affiliated museums and opportunities to see the machines
  • Features on the work of the Trust including past successes and work in progress
  • An events guide which highlights shows and events of interest to motorcyclists
  • Resources and Links plus details of our Member resources
  • How you can get involved supporting the valuable work of the Trust

  ....... AND how to get a great membership package as well!


We hope you will share our passion enough to wish to support our work by becoming a member or making a donation – but in any caseplease enjoy your visit bookmark the site for future reference andtell your friends, and send them a link to the site.


The Trustees

Don't forget the benefits of membership ....

As a Charitable Incorporated Organisation we rely on bequests, donations and membership to support our work.  Trustees are unpaid volunteers committed to our aims. By joining the BMCT you allow us to secure and protect historic items from being taken abroad or put in private collections away from public access.
Our low-cost membership also entitles members to special entry concessions at participating museums in recognition of your support.