FOXFIELD LIGHT RAILWAY SOCIETY LIMITED

Registered charity 1127378 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Preserving and Operating a Heritage Steam Railway and Museum

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Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net incoming resource of £16,270 for the year ended 31 December 2024, resulting in total unrestricted funds of £475,718. The trustees confirm that the financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis with no material uncertainties identified. The charity employs an average of two staff members and relies significantly on volunteer support for its operations.

Automated summary of the FY2024 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.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 01034972

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — The Foxfield Railway Society (matched by registered charity number).

Funders the charity credits

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

• National Lottery Heritage Fund — “We acknowledge the support of AIM and National Lottery Heritage Fund.” (source page)
• AIM — “We acknowledge the support of AIM and National Lottery Heritage Fund.” (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.

• NAYLOR, Roy Stanley — director, appointed 15/05/2026on trustee list
• BRAZIER, Nigel George — director, appointed 20/09/2025on trustee list
• ADSHEAD, Jonathan William — director, appointed 06/10/2024on trustee list
• EASTWOOD, John Calvin — director, appointed 17/11/2023on trustee list
• ALCOCK, Harry Cameron — director, appointed 17/11/2023on trustee list
• HEALEY, Matthew John — director, appointed 26/11/2021on trustee list
• ALLEN, David Richard — director, appointed 20/10/2017not on trustee list

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

9 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (9 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

Trustees · trustee networks

• David Scraggchair
• Dave Allend
• Geoffrey Riley
• Harry Alcock
• John Calvin Eastwood
• Jonathan Adshead
• Matthew Healey
• Nigel Brazier
• Roy Stanley Naylor
• Stephen Turner
• TREVOR BARNETT

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

Operates in: Staffordshire · Stoke-on-trent City

Income and spending

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Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Government & lottery funding

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

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE MID-NORFOLK RAILWAY PRESERVATION TRUST.

• THE MID-NORFOLK RAILWAY PRESERVATION TRUST income £2.5m
• WEST SOMERSET RAILWAY HERITAGE TRUST LTD income £3.0m
• VALE OF RHEIDOL RAILWAY LIMITED income £2.1m
• WEST LANCASHIRE LIGHT RAILWAY TRUST income £99k
• ROTHER VALLEY RAILWAY HERITAGE TRUST income £2.3m
• CHINNOR AND PRINCES RISBOROUGH RAILWAY ASSOCIATION LIMITED income £200k

Side by side with its peers

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