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THE STANDARD STEAM LOCOMOTIVE COMPANY LIMITED

Registered charity 1062320 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

THE CONSTRUCTION AND OPERATION OF A STEAM LOCOMOTIVE.

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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 — above the 90th percentile for charities its size (median 2.9%)
“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.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
THE MICHAEL MARSH CHARITABLE TRUST1£5k
GOWLING WLG (UK) CHARITABLE TRUST1£500

Charities like this

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

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE STANDARD STEAM LOCOMOTIVE COMPANY LIMITED£198k—0above72.2%no doubt
THE A1 STEAM LOCOMOTIVE TRUST FY2025£1.2m—0unclear—no doubt
WESTERN LOCOMOTIVE ASSOCIATION LIMITED FY2025£191k—0unclear—no doubt
TELFORD HORSEHAY STEAM TRUST COMPANY LIMITED FY2025£100k—0unclear—no doubt
WELSHPOOL AND LLANFAIR LIGHT RAILWAY PRESERVATION CO. LIMITED FY2025£1.2m—0above—no doubt
CHINNOR AND PRINCES RISBOROUGH RAILWAY ASSOCIATION LIMITED FY2025£200k—0above—no doubt

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