THE BANBURY STEAM SOCIETY

Registered charity 1070352 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The charity's objects are to advance the education of the public by increasing and maintaining interest in all types of steam engines, tractors, agricultural machinery and equipment, veteran and vintage cars and any machinery of historical interest.

Objects

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC BY INCREASING AND MAINTAINING INTEREST IN ALL TYPES OF STEAM ENGINES, INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES, TRACTORS, AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT, FAIR GROUND ORGANS AND EQUIPMENT VETERAN AND VINTAGE CARS AND ANY MACHINERY OF HISTORIC 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 incoming resources increased to £174,204 from £164,794 the previous year, while resources expended were £132,720. This resulted in a £41,684 increase in the unrestricted general fund. The trustees confirmed that accounting records were kept and the accounts comply with relevant legislation.

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 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
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Safeguarding 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
• Volunteer management

Trustees · trustee networks

• BRIAN ARTHUR WELLS
• Chris Cousins
• Jane Jay
• Nathan Allan Mr
• Peter Reginald Jay
• Richard Humphries

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

Operates in: Buckinghamshire · Northamptonshire · Oxfordshire · Warwickshire

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with CROMFORD STEAM RALLY SOCIETY.

• CROMFORD STEAM RALLY SOCIETY income £176k
• THE HOLLYCOMBE WORKING STEAM MUSEUM LIMITED income £322k
• NATIONAL TRACTION ENGINE TRUST income £105k
• THE A1 STEAM LOCOMOTIVE TRUST income £1.2m
• HADDENHAM STEAM RALLY income £131k
• CHINNOR AND PRINCES RISBOROUGH RAILWAY ASSOCIATION LIMITED income £200k

Side by side with its peers

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