THE LEAMINGTON & WARWICK MODEL RAILWAY SOCIETY

Registered charity 1117232 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Society's objects are to advance public education, to foster a general interest in railways and model railways and to encourage a high standard of modelling by its members.

Objects

TO ADVANCE PUBLIC EDUCATION AND FOSTER A GENERAL INTEREST IN RAILWAYS AND MODEL RAILWAYS, AND IN PARTICULAR TO ENCOURAGE HA HIGH STANDARD OF MODELLING AMONGST ITS MEMBERS.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED IN PRACTICE WARWICKSHIRE

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: Warwick, West Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£27k

Latest spending

£60k

Registered

2006

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit of £33,034 for the year ended 31 March 2025, primarily due to the construction of a new clubhouse floor. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves were reduced by £33,000 to a total of £22,523 at the year-end.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy

“The dominating factor over year has again been the construction of an additional floor in the building used as a clubhouse. The expenditure is now complete and stands at £70,408. Spending in this past financial year was £28,901 and again has had a major impact on the reserves held which were reduced by a further £33,000 to £22,523.” — page 5

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 3 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
Engaging external speakers at charity events 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

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2025

Volunteers: 50

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2024

Volunteers: 30

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Corporate structure

Registered company of the charity Companies House 04938339

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.

PIGGOTT, David — director, appointed 30/11/2025not on trustee list
BURROWS, Steven — director, appointed 14/11/2024not on trustee list
CHENNELLS, Christopher John — director, appointed 17/06/2023not on trustee list
GOWERS, John Victor — director, appointed 21/07/2022on trustee list
WILCOCK, Stephen David — director, appointed 18/02/2019on trustee list
ROOTS, David John — director, appointed 25/07/2016on trustee list
HUTCHINSON, Peter Julian, Dr. — director, appointed 02/07/2015on trustee list
CROUCHER, Keith Ronald — director, appointed 16/08/2012on trustee list
BUTLER, Stephen Gary — secretary, appointed 15/06/2023

Official officers record.

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

Trustees · trustee networks

Andrew Cope
David John Roots
Dr Peter Hutchinson · trustee of 1 other charity
Gordon David Forbes Smith
John V Gowers
KEITH CROUCHER
Mark Reader
Michael Collins
STEVEN RIDGWAY
Stephen David Wilcock
chris chennels
stephen gary butler

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

Operates in: Warwickshire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£27k	£60k
31/03/2024	£26k	£48k
31/03/2023	£26k	£21k
31/03/2022	£21k	£16k
31/03/2021	£17k	£10k

Common questions

Is THE LEAMINGTON & WARWICK MODEL RAILWAY SOCIETY financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit of £33,034 for the year ended 31 March 2025, primarily due to the construction of a new clubhouse floor. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves were reduced by £33,000 to a total of £22,523 at the year-end. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with WARLEY MODEL RAILWAY CLUB.

WARLEY MODEL RAILWAY CLUB income £41k
ABINGDON & DISTRICT MODEL RAILWAY CLUB income £66k
RISBOROUGH & DISTRICT MODEL RAILWAY CLUB income £49k
FFESTINIOG RAILWAY SOCIETY income £425k
L&NWR SOCIETY income £48k
WIMBORNE MINSTER MODEL TOWN income £245k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE LEAMINGTON & WARWICK MODEL RAILWAY SOCIETY	£27k	—	0	below	—	no doubt
WARLEY MODEL RAILWAY CLUB FY2025	£41k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
ABINGDON & DISTRICT MODEL RAILWAY CLUB FY2025	£66k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
RISBOROUGH & DISTRICT MODEL RAILWAY CLUB FY2025	£49k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
FFESTINIOG RAILWAY SOCIETY FY2025	£425k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
L&NWR SOCIETY FY2025	£48k	—	—	above	—	no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.