IVATT DIESEL RECREATION SOCIETY

Registered charity 1147032 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as LMS10000, WWW.LMS10000.ORG

To build and operate a diesel railway locomotive to class D16/1

Objects

1) TO BUILD, PRESERVE, OPERATE, MAINTAIN AND EXHIBIT THE CHARITY'S PROPERTY IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT LIMITED TO AN LMS DIESEL LOCOMOTIVE TO ENGINE DIAGRAM 279 TWO OF WHICH WERE ORIGINALLY CONSTRUCTED IN 1947 AND KNOWN AS THE "IVATT TWINS" AND TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN PIONEERING DIESEL TRACTION IN THE UK.2) TO USE THE CHARITY'S PROPERTY TO PROMOTE PUBLIC KNOWLEDGE, APPRECIATION AND UNDERSTANDING OF THE HISTORICAL EDUCATIONAL SCIENTIFIC AND CULTURAL ASPECTS OF THE TRUST PROPERTY WITH PARTICULAR REGARD TO ITS HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE.

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Education/training · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Environment/conservation/heritage · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£114k
Latest spending
£40k
Registered
2012
Accounts read
FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity has no paid staff and relies entirely on volunteers. The trustees report a firm and growing financial base with no specific reserves policy identified, noting that the objectives would not be met if donations reduced significantly.

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.

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

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2024£114k£40k
31/12/2023£48k£26k
31/12/2022£128k£97k
31/12/2021£90k£69k
31/12/2020£63k£50k

Common questions

Is IVATT DIESEL RECREATION SOCIETY financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity has no paid staff and relies entirely on volunteers. The trustees report a firm and growing financial base with no specific reserves policy identified, noting that the objectives would not be met if donations reduced significantly. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.