CHINNOR AND PRINCES RISBOROUGH RAILWAY ASSOCIATION LIMITED

Registered charity 1016237 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as C & P R R A

To collect, preserve, restore and operate as a permanent public exhibition and display for the advancement of technical, historical and general education and the demonstration of steam and other railway locomotives, rolling stock, equipment, machinery and relics of historical operations and general interest and educational value with particular reference to the former Great Western Railway.

Objects

A) TO PRESERVE RESTORE AND OPERATE AS A PERMANENT EXHIBITION AND MUSEUM FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF TECHNICAL HISTORICAL AND GENERAL EDUCATION AND FOR THE PERMANENT PRESERVATION DISPLAY AND DEMONSTRATION OF STEAM AND OTHER RAILWAY LOCOMOTIVES ROLLING STOCK EQUIPMENT MACHINERY AND RELICS OF HISTORICAL OPERATIONS AND GENERAL INTEREST AND EDUCATIONAL VALUE WITH PARTICULAR REFERENCE TO THE FORMER GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY. B) TO COLLECT COLLATE EXCHANGE MAKE AVAILABLE FOR PUBLIC REFERENCE AND PUBLISH INFORMATION CONCERNING THE HISTORY EQUIPMENT AND OPERATION OF THE FORMER GREAT WESTERN AND OTHER RAILWAYS. C) TO UNDERTAKE SUCH OTHER ACTIVITIES OF AN EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE NATURE AS MAY IN THE OPINION OF THE COMPANY BE CONVENIENTLY OR ADVANTAGEOUSLY UNDERTAKEN IN CONNECTION WITH THE FOREGOING OBJECTS OF THE COMPANY.

Area of benefit: IN PRACTICE OXON AND BUCKS

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

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £177,377 for the year, resulting in a decrease in unrestricted reserves from £684,239 to £679,687. Despite this deficit, the trustees confirm the charity remains in a strong financial position with unrestricted reserves well in excess of their stated policy target of one year's management charge. The organization relies entirely on volunteers and has no paid employees.

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
• Campaigns and political activity 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
• 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

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Chinnor and Princes Risborough Railway Association (matched by registered charity number).

Property (HM Land Registry)

6 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (6 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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Trustees · trustee networks

• Stanley Leonard Hartchair
• Andrew James Henderson
• Colin Stewart Ogilvie · trustee of 1 other charity
• Daniel Woodward
• JAMIE MARCUS GOODMAN
• John Paul Townsend
• Justin John Satchell
• Malcolm Stanley Newman
• Paul Anthony Goodwin
• Peter Charles Maynard

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

Operates in: Buckinghamshire · Oxfordshire

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with WESTERN LOCOMOTIVE ASSOCIATION LIMITED.

• WESTERN LOCOMOTIVE ASSOCIATION LIMITED income £191k
• PHYLLIS RAMPTON NARROW GAUGE RAILWAY TRUST income £2.3m
• THE PONTYPOOL AND BLAENAVON RAILWAY COMPANY (1983) LIMITED income £234k
• GREAT WESTERN SOCIETY LIMITED income £3.9m
• GLOUCESTERSHIRE WARWICKSHIRE RAILWAY TRUST income £733k
• CYMDEITHAS RHEILFFORDD ERYRI income £147k

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