LINCOLNSHIRE VINTAGE VEHICLE SOCIETY LIMITED

Registered charity 1098653 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

TO PRESERVE RESTORE AND OPERATE HISTORIC ROAD TRANSPORT VEHICLES AS A PERMANENT PUBLIC EXHIBITION AND MUSEUM FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF TECHNICAL, HISTORICAL AND GENERAL EDUCATION AND FOR THE PERMANENT PRESERVATION, DISPLAY AND DEMONSTRATION OF HISTORIC ROAD TRANSPORT VEHICLES , EQUIPMENT, MACHINERY AND RELICS OF HISTORICAL OPERATIONAL AND GENERAL INTEREST AND EDUCATIONAL VALUE

Objects

TO PRESERVE, RESTORE AND OPERATE HISTORIC ROAD TRANSPORT VEHICLES AS A PERMANENT PUBLIC EXHIBITION AND MUSEUM FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF TECHNICAL, HISTORICAL AND GENERAL EDUCATION AND FOR THE PERMANENT PRESERVATION, DISPLAY, AND DEMONSTRATION OF HISTORICAL ROAD TRANSPORT VEHICLES, EQUIPMENT, MACHINERY AND RELICS OF HISTORICAL OPERATION AND GENERAL INTEREST AND EDUCATION VALUE.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED. IN PRACTICE NORTH HYKEHAM AND LINCOLN LN6 3QT

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

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

Latest income

£59k

Latest spending

£34k

Registered

2003

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the Society received two coaches as donations and relies on volunteer manpower and member donations for its activities. The filing does not disclose specific financial figures for income, expenditure, or reserves, nor does it mention any financial difficulties or going concern issues.

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
Conflicting interests
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Investing charity funds policy and procedures
Investment
Paying staff
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

Corporate structure

Registered company of the charity Companies House 04616639

The charity’s company — latest Companies House iXBRL filing (balance sheet 31 December 2025)

Equity: £3.0m
Average employees: 2

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

The Arts Council — “The Lincolnshire Vintage Vehicle Society is very grateful for the encouragement and support of The Arts Council” (source page)

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.

BAKER, Paul Leslie — director, appointed 27/07/2024on trustee list
HART, Justin Mark — director, appointed 27/07/2024on trustee list
NOLAN, Gary James — director, appointed 27/07/2024on trustee list
HOWE, Susan Kathleen — director, appointed 18/07/2019not on trustee list
BRATLEY, Paul — director, appointed 07/05/2015on trustee list
CAIRNS, Peter — director, appointed 10/05/2012on trustee list
GALLAGHER, Michael David — director, appointed 25/09/2010on trustee list
FRANCIS, Pamela Anne — director, appointed 05/01/2003on trustee list
MILNER, Steven Philip — director, appointed 05/01/2003on trustee list

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

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

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Register events

Received assets from another charity (02/07/2019) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

STEVEN PHILIP MILNERchair
Gary James Nolan
Justin Hart
MICHAEL DAVID GALLAGHER
PAMELA ANNE FRANCIS
PAUL BRATLEY
PETER CAIRNS
Paul Leslie Baker
Suzanne Kathleen Howe secretary

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

Operates in: Lincolnshire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£59k	£34k
31/12/2024	£63k	£35k
31/12/2023	£83k	£67k
31/12/2022	£40k	£31k
31/12/2021	£69k	£26k

Common questions

Is LINCOLNSHIRE VINTAGE VEHICLE SOCIETY LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the Society received two coaches as donations and relies on volunteer manpower and member donations for its activities. The filing does not disclose specific financial figures for income, expenditure, or reserves, nor does it mention any financial difficulties or going concern issues. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	20/09/2001	£5k	"This group preserve, restore and exhibit interesting road vehicles which have a local connection. They wish to re-surface their car park an"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	09/09/1999	£3k	"This group provides preservation restoration and exhibition of interesting road transport vehicles which have local connections. The award i"