ECCLESBOURNE VALLEY RAILWAY ASSOCIATION

Registered charity 1106810 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as EVRA

We are now actively fundraising for two major projects to benefit the Ecclesbourne Valley Railway. The first is to complete the new station building, after the successful completion of Phase 1, the new museum and shop. We are also financing the provision of a new steam shed at the railway.

Objects

A) TO RESTORE, RENOVATE, PRESERVE, MAINTAIN AND OPERATE THE RAILWAY BETWEEN WASH GREEN, WIRKSWORTH AND THE NATIONAL STONE CENTRE, AS A WORKING HERITAGE RAILWAY.B) TO RESTORE, RENOVATE, PRESERVE AND MAINTAIN ARTEFACTS AND OTHER HERITAGE FEATURES CONNECTED WITH THE ECCLESBOURNE VALLEY RAILWAY ALONG ITS ENTIRE LENGTH. (ARTEFACTS TO INCLUDE INTER ALIA ROLLING STOCK, BUILDINGS AND ENGINEERING EQUIPMENT).

Area of benefit: DERBYSHIRE

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 reported a net expenditure of £28,560 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in total funds of £1,091,193. The trustees consider the free reserves of £205,183 to be adequate to meet future expenditure levels, noting that these reserves include significant legacy income anticipated for short and medium-term projects. The financial statements were subject to independent examination rather than audit.

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
• 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
• Investment
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• 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 05257082 · Financial health read from its filings

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Ecclesbourne Valley Heritage Railway Station Wirksworth Derbyshire (matched by registered charity number).

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.

• ORCHARD, Stephen Paul — director, appointed 19/05/2023on trustee list
• HALLAM, James Luke — director, appointed 14/05/2021on trustee list
• FIELD, Benjamin Charles — director, appointed 02/11/2018on trustee list
• WILLIAMS, Roy David — director, appointed 04/11/2017on trustee list
• DENHAM, Andrew — director, appointed 12/11/2016on trustee list
• HILLS, Eric Roy — director, appointed 20/10/2012on trustee list
• CRAFT, Lesley Patricia — director, appointed 02/11/2004on trustee list

Official officers record.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Andrew Denham
• Benjamin Charles Field
• Eric Hills
• James Hallam
• LESLEY PATRICIA CRAFT
• MICHAEL CRAFT
• Roy David Williams
• Stephen Paul Orchard

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

Operates in: Derbyshire

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with CHINNOR AND PRINCES RISBOROUGH RAILWAY ASSOCIATION LIMITED.

• CHINNOR AND PRINCES RISBOROUGH RAILWAY ASSOCIATION LIMITED income £200k
• OSWESTRY STATION BUILDING TRUST LIMITED income £337k
• RICHMONDSHIRE BUILDING PRESERVATION TRUST LTD income £2.2m
• VALE OF RHEIDOL RAILWAY LIMITED income £2.1m
• NENE VALLEY RAILWAY income £1.1m
• TELFORD HORSEHAY STEAM TRUST COMPANY LIMITED income £100k

Side by side with its peers

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