THE MIDLAND RAILWAY SOCIETY

Registered charity 1149613 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Midland Railway Society seeks to facilitate the study and research all aspects of the Midland Railway, including its predecessors and successors up to the modern era. The Society seeks to act as custodian of archive and written records pertaining to the Midland Railway etc.The Society provides opportunities for the public to view, copy, handle those records in a safe and secure environment.

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

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the General Fund balance of £28,346 is considered adequate to meet the charity's reserves policy target of covering normal activities for a minimum of 12 months. The Collections Fund balance of £119,826 is also deemed sufficient to fulfill obligations to Derby Museums until 2043 and support collection development. The independent examiner confirmed that no material matters came to their attention regarding the accounts.

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.

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (27/04/2016) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• ANDREW SURRY · trustee of 1 other charity
• Adrian Tester
• Andrew Nicholas Brown
• DAVID HARRIS
• Dr Bryan Gray CBE DL · trustee of 8 other charities
• Graham Peter Edward Bocking
• Martin Charles Randle
• NICHOLAS WHEAT
• Stephen Kenneth Alan Huson
• Stephen Nicholas Lea · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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