NORTH EASTERN LOCOMOTIVE PRESERVATION GROUP

Registered charity 1002017 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as NELPEG, NELPG

Preservation, Restoration and Operation of Steam Railway Locomotives

Objects

PROMOTING AND ENCOURAGING THE PRESERVATION OF RAILWAY LOCOMOTIVES WAGONS AND OTHER ARTIFACTS OF HISTORICAL INTEREST INCLUDING BUILDINGS, CONNECTED WITH THE NORTH EAST OF ENGLAND ALONG WITH PRESERVATION OF BOOKS, DRAWINGS, RECORDS, DOCUMENTS, SOUND AND VISUAL RECORDINGS FILMS AND PHOTOGRAPHS RELATING TO SUCH ARTEFACTS AND VEHICLES, THEIR HISTORY AND DEVELOPMENT.

Area of benefit: IN PRACTICE NORTH EAST OF ENGLAND

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Education/training · Environment/conservation/heritage · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total funds decreased by £8,815 to £388,944 at the end of the period. The charity maintains unrestricted reserves of £342,095, which significantly exceed its stated policy target of £100,000. The trustees confirm there are no doubts about the charity continuing as a going concern.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Trustees · trustee networks

• John Huntchair
• Christopher John Williams
• Colin Foxton
• John Carr · trustee of 1 other charity
• PAUL GERARD HUTCHINSON
• Paul David Jameson
• RICHARD ALAN PEARSON
• Robert John Farran Morgan
• Rowland Bingham

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Darlington · Durham · Hartlepool · Middlesbrough · North Yorkshire · Scotland · Stockton-on-tees

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with VINTAGE TRAINS CHARITABLE TRUST.

• VINTAGE TRAINS CHARITABLE TRUST income £3.6m
• SOUTH TYNEDALE RAILWAY PRESERVATION SOCIETY income £297k
• WESTERN LOCOMOTIVE ASSOCIATION LIMITED income £191k
• CHINNOR AND PRINCES RISBOROUGH RAILWAY ASSOCIATION LIMITED income £200k
• THE MID-NORFOLK RAILWAY PRESERVATION TRUST income £2.5m
• CYMDEITHAS RHEILFFORDD ERYRI income £147k

Side by side with its peers

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