GLEN TRAMWAY PRESERVATION COMPANY LIMITED

Registered charity 1094288 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SHIPLEY GLEN TRAMWAY

Preservation of a cable hauled Tramway opened in 1895 giving passenger rides on a 350m twin 20" track with a tram carriage on each track. Has a museum displaying the history of the Tramway and of the local area including Shipley Glen at the bottom station & at the top station traditional Sweet Shop. A short walk from the World Heritage Site of Saltaire Run entirely by volunteers.

Objects

TO PRESERVE THE GLEN TRAMWAY AND TO MAINTAIN AND PROTECT THE STRUCTURES, BUILDINGS, PLANT, TRAMS AND EQUIPMENT CONNECTED WITH THE TRAMWAY AS CRAFTSMANSHIP WORTHY OF PRESERVATION AND TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC ABOUT THE HISTORY AND OPERATION OF FUNICULAR TRAMWAYS AND THE GLEN TRAMWAY IN PARTICULAR..

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 FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £97,315 against total funds of £100,061, with cash reserves of £69,705. The charity reported a net incoming resource of £16,246 for the year, indicating a positive financial position without disclosed policy targets or risks to continuity.

Automated summary of the FY2024 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
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Property (HM Land Registry)

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

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Trustees · trustee networks

• DALE SMITHchair
• Alexander Albert Copland
• Babara Jane Hitchman
• Fiona Julie Lidstone-Green
• JOHN NOEL PITCHER
• James Norman Hay
• Letitia Anne Lawson · trustee of 2 other charities
• Peter Anthony Coles
• Peter Joseph Ashton

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

Operates in: Bradford City

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