NORTH EAST BUS PRESERVATION TRUST LIMITED

Registered charity 1103051 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as N. E. B. P. T.

To encourage the preservation and display public transport vehicles from the North East of England.

Objects

TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC IN THE HISTORY OF PUBLIC TRANSPORT BY MEANS OF THE ACQUISITION OF VEHICLES OF HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE AND RELATED ARTEFACTS, THE RESTORATION OF SUCH VEHICLES TO OPERATIONAL CONDITION SO THAT THE PUBLIC MAY EXPERIENCE TRAVEL ON THE TRANSPORT OF YESTERYEAR, AND THE SAFE KEEPING OF ARTEFACTS TO ENSURE ACCESSIBILITY FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED. IN PRACTICE NORTHUMBERLAND ,DURHAM, TYNE AND WEAR AND CLEVELAND.

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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Registered contact address: Newcastle upon Tyne, North East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted funds total £134,662, with total charity funds at £151,620. The trustees report that actions taken, including vehicle sales and museum partnerships, have strengthened the organization's financial position despite a difficult macroeconomic climate. The independent examiner confirmed that no matters came to their attention requiring further explanation.

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
• 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
• 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.

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Trustees · trustee networks

• Alex Spiller
• Andrew Tweddle
• PHILIP LOGIE
• Peter John Mitchell
• Simon Cowley

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

Operates in: Durham · Gateshead · Newcastle Upon Tyne City · North Tyneside · Northumberland · South Tyneside · Sunderland

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE EASTERN COUNTIES BUS PRESERVATION GROUP.

• THE EASTERN COUNTIES BUS PRESERVATION GROUP income £89k
• THE EAST ANGLIA TRANSPORT MUSEUM SOCIETY LIMITED income £318k
• THE EASTERN TRANSPORT COLLECTION income £115k
• RIBBLE VEHICLE PRESERVATION TRUST LIMITED income £66k
• NORTH EASTERN LOCOMOTIVE PRESERVATION GROUP income £226k
• NORTH WEST VEHICLE RESTORATION TRUST income £69k

Side by side with its peers

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