RIBBLE VEHICLE PRESERVATION TRUST LIMITED

Registered charity 1074702 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as R.V.P.T.

Preservation and restoration of historic buses, principally originating with Ribble Motor Services plus related artefacts. Non-commercial operation of the restored vehicles in support of heritage groups and transport gatherings.

Objects

TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC BY ESTABLISHING WITHIN THE FORMER OPERATING AREA OF RIBBLE MOTOR SERVICES LTD ONE OR MORE OPERATIONAL OR STATIC MUSEUMS OF TRANSPORT HISTORY AND ARCHAEOLOGY COVERING ALL ASPECTS OF ROAD TRANSPORT.

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.

Causes: Education/training · Environment/conservation/heritage · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Fylde, North West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total funds increased to £265,599, with unrestricted reserves at £208,699. The charity reported a net income surplus of £7,970 for the year, funded primarily by sponsorships and donations. The trustees confirm there is no threat to the charity continuing as a going concern.

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
• Financial reserves 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
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Property (HM Land Registry)

2 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (2 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Trustees · trustee networks

• MALCOLM LOUIS SMITHchair
• Callum Joseph Louis Smith
• David Gardner
• John Green
• Lance David Jobson
• Peter Johnson
• Stephen Paul Martin
• Terence Patrick Jobson
• William Livesey

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

Operates in: Cumbria · Lancashire · Liverpool City · Manchester City · North Yorkshire

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE LONDON BUS PRESERVATION TRUST LIMITED.

• THE LONDON BUS PRESERVATION TRUST LIMITED income £398k
• NORTH EAST BUS PRESERVATION TRUST LIMITED income £41k
• BRISTOL VINTAGE BUS GROUP income £27k
• MERSEYSIDE TRANSPORT TRUST income £61k
• RIBBLE RIVERS TRUST LIMITED income £3.8m
• THE OXFORD BUS MUSEUM TRUST LIMITED income £95k

Side by side with its peers

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