THE STANDARD STEAM LOCOMOTIVE COMPANY LIMITED

Registered charity 1062320 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

THE CONSTRUCTION AND OPERATION OF A STEAM LOCOMOTIVE.

Objects

TO CONSTRUCT OPERATE AND EXHIBIT FOR PUBLIC BENEFIT FOR EDUCATIONAL AND INSTRUCTIONAL PURPOSES LOCOMOTIVES OF HISTORIC OR SCIENTIFIC IMPORTANCE: FOR FULL DETAILS SEE CLAUSE 3

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

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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Latest income

£198k

Latest spending

£32k

Registered

1997

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £166,013 for the year ended 30 April 2025, resulting in total funds rising to £878,388. The trustees report that the financial position remains very healthy with satisfactory funds in place, supported by a significant legacy and increased membership income. The charity maintains a policy of only committing funds for new components when sufficient resources are available to mitigate financial risk.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Membership subscriptions, donations and gift aid (86% of income)

“income of £197,676 was received, of which £170,167 was from membership subscriptions, donations from members and third parties and gift aid” — page 8

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Fundraising cost ratio: 72.2% of fundraised income, as disclosed

“Total expenditure of £31,663 comprised £4,296 on general engineering costs, £18,639 on the costs of fundraising and £8,728 on administration costs.” — page 8

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: Build reserves through planned operating surpluses (held: £878k)

“The strategy is to continue to build reserves through planned operating surpluses, in addition to fund raising.” — page 8

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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 policy and procedures
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Trustees · trustee networks

Andrew Trevor Englandchair
Bob Ife
Chris Jones
Ian Henderson
James Spenceley
John Michael Hind
Peter George Lawne

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
30/04/2025	£198k	£32k
30/04/2024	£79k	£20k
30/04/2023	£66k	£69k
30/04/2022	£82k	£63k
30/04/2021	£82k	£99k

Common questions

Is THE STANDARD STEAM LOCOMOTIVE COMPANY LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £166,013 for the year ended 30 April 2025, resulting in total funds rising to £878,388. The trustees report that the financial position remains very healthy with satisfactory funds in place, supported by a significant legacy and increased membership income. The charity maintains a policy of only committing funds for new components when sufficient resources are available to mitigate financial risk. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE ADRIAN SWIRE CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£10k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE A1 STEAM LOCOMOTIVE TRUST.

THE A1 STEAM LOCOMOTIVE TRUST income £1.2m
WESTERN LOCOMOTIVE ASSOCIATION LIMITED income £191k
TELFORD HORSEHAY STEAM TRUST COMPANY LIMITED income £100k
WELSHPOOL AND LLANFAIR LIGHT RAILWAY PRESERVATION CO. LIMITED income £1.2m
LMS-PATRIOT COMPANY LIMITED income £361k
CHINNOR AND PRINCES RISBOROUGH RAILWAY ASSOCIATION LIMITED income £200k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE STANDARD STEAM LOCOMOTIVE COMPANY LIMITED	£198k	—	above	72.2%	no doubt
THE A1 STEAM LOCOMOTIVE TRUST FY2025	£1.2m	—	unclear	—	no doubt
WESTERN LOCOMOTIVE ASSOCIATION LIMITED FY2025	£191k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
TELFORD HORSEHAY STEAM TRUST COMPANY LIMITED FY2025	£100k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
WELSHPOOL AND LLANFAIR LIGHT RAILWAY PRESERVATION CO. LIMITED FY2025	£1.2m	—	above	—	no doubt
LMS-PATRIOT COMPANY LIMITED FY2025	£361k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.