SWINDON AND CRICKLADE RAILWAY

Registered charity 1067447 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SACR, SWINDON AND CRICKLADE RAILWAY SOCIETY

A railway preservation trust. Preserving part of the Former Midland & South Western Junction Railway. Using appropriate locomotives and rolling stock.

Objects

TO PRESERVE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT STEAM AND OTHER RAILWAY LOCOMOTIVES AND ROLLING STOCK, MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT OF EDUCATIONAL AND HISTORICAL INTEREST.

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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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that overall income was slightly higher than budgeted while core expenditure remained below expectations, resulting in only a marginal fall in overall margin despite high operational costs. The trustees attribute this stability to prudent financial management and careful budgeting, noting that the charity continues to deliver its programme of work effectively.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by DERRICK NEWMAN LIMITED. Discloses 4 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
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 03479479

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• PALFREMAN, Michael John — director, appointed 13/06/2025on trustee list
• WHITE, Mark Philip — director, appointed 13/06/2025on trustee list
• WILLOUGHBY, Nigel Andrew — director, appointed 09/06/2023on trustee list
• GOODWIN, Kenneth Charles — director, appointed 20/08/2021on trustee list
• HATCHER, Nicholas — secretary, appointed 05/01/2024

Official officers record.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/01/2024)

Reported reserves equal ~58.4 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 7.1 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (3.0%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Kenneth Charles Goodwin
• Mark Philip White · trustee of 1 other charity
• Martin John Rouse
• Michael Palfreman
• Nigel Andrew Willoughby

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

Operates in: Swindon · Wiltshire

Income and spending

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Government & lottery funding

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with SOUTH TYNEDALE RAILWAY PRESERVATION SOCIETY.

• SOUTH TYNEDALE RAILWAY PRESERVATION SOCIETY income £297k
• THE MID-NORFOLK RAILWAY PRESERVATION TRUST income £2.5m
• MIDDLETON RAILWAY TRUST LIMITED income £157k
• WEST SOMERSET RAILWAY HERITAGE TRUST LTD income £88k
• THE SOMERSET AND DORSET RAILWAY TRUST LTD. income £319k
• CHINNOR AND PRINCES RISBOROUGH RAILWAY ASSOCIATION LIMITED income £200k

Side by side with its peers

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