THE B17 STEAM LOCOMOTIVE TRUST

Registered charity 1144738 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Building a new B17 steam locomotive Spirit of Sandringham at Sheffield using components manufactured by British Industry, funded by public donations. Working with local Education Authorities and STEM, the Trust continues the initiative to inspire and develop students' understanding of scientific principles related to steam power and associated engineering applications in five secondary schools.

Objects

THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS ("OBJECTS") ARE SPECIFICALLY RESTRICTED TO THE FOLLOWING:(A) TO BUILD, PRESERVE, OPERATE, MAINTAIN AND EXHIBIT FOR PUBLIC BENEFIT FOR EDUCATIONAL AND INSTRUCTIONAL PURPOSES LOCOMOTIVES OF HISTORIC OR SCIENTIFIC IMPORTANCE BUILT BY, ACQUIRED BY, OR LEASED OR OTHERWISE MADE AVAILABLE TO THE COMPANY AND IN PARTICULAR A LONDON AND NORTH EASTERN RAILWAY, CLASS B17 EXPRESS PASSENGER LOCOMOTIVE.(B) TO USE THE TRUST PROPERTY TO PROMOTE PUBLIC KNOWLEDGE, APPRECIATION AND UNDERSTANDING OF THIS HISTORICAL, EDUCATIONAL, SCIENTIFIC AND CULTURAL ASPECTS OF THE TRUST PROPERTY, WITH PARTICULAR REGARD TO ITS HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE, FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC.

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 total income reached a record £238,433, resulting in net assets of £1,240,684. The trustees confirm the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Reserves are held in current and savings accounts to accumulate funds for future locomotive manufacture.

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.

• 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
• Risk management
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media 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 07598363

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.

• LUSBY, Alan William — director, appointed 26/03/2024not on trustee list
• ILLINGWORTH, Nicholas Jeremy John, Dr — director, appointed 24/10/2023on trustee list
• WARREN, Alan Michael — director, appointed 24/03/2021on trustee list
• PEARSON, John Herbert — director, appointed 14/07/2018on trustee list
• MULLENS, Henry Arthur — director, appointed 22/02/2012not on trustee list

Official officers record.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Alan Michael Warren
• Dr Nicholas Jeremy John Illingworth
• HENRY ARTHUR MULLENS FCA
• John Herbert Pearson
• Peter Wright

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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