GREAT WESTERN (SVR) ASSOCIATION

Registered charity 1078718 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Preservation and restoration of historic carriages and locomotives of the Great Wesrn Railway origin for operation and educational value based on the Severn Valley Line in Worcestershire.

Objects

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE HISTORY SOCIOLOGY AND TECHNOLOGY OF RAILWAYS IN GENERAL WITH PARTICULAR REFERENCE TO THE FORMER GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY ("GWR") AND SEVERN VALLEY RAILWAY ("SVR") (TOGETHER THE RAILWAYS") BY ACQUIRING PRESERVING DISPLAYING AND MAKING USE OF HISTORIC ROLLING STOCK ARTIFACTS, RELICS AND DOCUMENTS RELATING TO THE RAILWAYS OR RAILWAYS GENERALLY:

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED. IN PRACTICE IN BEWDLEY, KIDDERMINSTER AND BRIDGNORTH

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 the charity achieved a modest surplus of £1,687 for the year, with total receipts of £80,795.87 and total payments of £79,128.51. As of 31st March 2025, the charity held total balances of £221,664.43, comprising unrestricted general funds of £55,293.03 and restricted funds for locomotives and carriages. The trustees report that a steady level of income has helped finance ongoing major restoration projects.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Trevor Lowe BA, ACMA. 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
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Trustees · trustee networks

• MICHAEL HAYNESchair
• BRIAN ARTHUR LOWE
• COLIN RICHARD JENKINS
• COLUMB WILLIAM HOWELL
• Christopher Haynes · trustee of 3 other charities
• DAVID ALFRED SMITH
• DAVID WILLIAM MASSEY
• GARETH PRICE
• GRAHAM JOHN GARDENER
• PAUL BENNETT
• ROBERT MASSEY

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

Operates in: Shropshire · Worcestershire

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