ONLINE TRANSPORT ARCHIVE

Registered charity 1101785 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The archiving and preservation of transport related film, video and photographic material

Objects

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC, PARTICULARLY BUT NOR EXCLUSIVELY, IN THE HISTORY OF RAILWAY, TRAMWAY, ROAD, AIR AND WATER TRANSPORT THROUGH THE COLLECTION AND PRESERVATION OF FILM, COLOUR SLIDES, PHOTOGRAPHIC NEGATIVES AND PRINTS, VIDEOTAPE, ELECTRONIC IMAGES IN ALL FORMATS AND OTHER ARTEFACTS.

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 · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity reported a surplus of £3,668 for the year ended 30 June 2025, with unrestricted reserves standing at £659,432. The trustees state that the charity remains in a healthy financial position due to these reserves, which significantly exceed the stated policy target of £90,000. The accounts are prepared on a going concern basis with no material uncertainties identified.

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
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds 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

Property (HM Land Registry)

3 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold); recorded price paid £420k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/06/2023)

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Dr CHARLES CHRISTOPHER ROBERTSchair
• DAVID MICHAEL LAWRENCE · trustee of 3 other charities
• David Nigel Spencer
• Jamie Green
• John Carlson
• KEVIN RICHARD MCCORMACK
• MARTIN JENKINS
• PETER WALLER · trustee of 4 other charities
• Peter Alexander Whitehead
• Thomas Gerard Ferris

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

Operates in: Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

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