BR CLASS 8 STEAM LOCOMOTIVE TRUST

Registered charity 1154700 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Trust will overhaul and operate the locomotive (71000 Duke of Gloucester) as closely as possible to its original condition, but accounting for modern demands. The overhaul of the locomotive has continued through the year. Tyseley Locomotive Works continues to employ an apprentice to focus on the locomotive.

Objects

TO ADVANCE PUBLIC EDUCATION AND PARTICULARLY SCIENTIFIC LEARNING AND SKILLS DEVELOPMENT BY THE ACQUISITION, RESTORATION, PRESERVATION, EXHIBITION AND OPERATION OF SUCH BRITISH RAILWAYS STEAM LOCOMOTIVES, ROLLING STOCK, EQUIPMENT AND ARTEFACTS, RELICS, DOCUMENTS AND RECORDS OF HISTORIC AND SCIENTIFIC INTEREST AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DECIDE.

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 FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity's primary income comes from associate membership donations, totaling £117,965 in 2024. The trustees report that bank balances of £27,715, combined with projected income, are sufficient to meet the charity's objectives and cover periods where expenditure exceeds income.

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 5 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
• 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
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• 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

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — 71000 Duke of Gloucester (matched by registered charity number).

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

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (09/04/2015) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Adrian Peter Stockall
• Andrew Bailey
• Antony Robert Watson
• Mr Steve Wakeland · trustee of 1 other charity
• Phil Sanderson
• Simon Michael Davies

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

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

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