THE GCR 567 LOCOMOTIVE GROUP

Registered charity 1160243 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as GCR 567 LOCO

To build a brand new 1890s Victorian Mainline Express Locomotive, GCR 567, to haul vintage carriages on the preserved railways of Britain to recreate the sights, sounds and smells of Victorian Express travel.The group shall aquire technical data, generate drawings, refurbish donor parts, manufacture components, construct and commission the locomotive whilst explaining the history and engineering

Objects

3.1 TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC IN THE SUBJECTS OF THE MANUFACTURE, HISTORY, USE, SCIENCE AND UNDERSTANDING OF VICTORIAN/EDWARDIAN STEAM POWERED LOCOMOTIVES IN PARTICULAR BY:(A) CREATING A WORKING MS&LR / GCR CLASS 2 LOCOMOTIVE (NUMBER 567) TO BE BASEDON THE PRESERVED GREAT CENTRAL RAILWAYS LOCATED IN NOTTINGHAMSHIRE ANDLEICESTERSHIRE.(B) EXPLAINING THE ENGINEERING AND CONSTRUCTION OF A VICTORIAN STEAM LOCOMOTIVE ANDINTERPRETING IT’S CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE AS AN EDUCATIONAL TOOL(C) OPERATING THE STEAM LOCOMOTIVE AS A WORKING HISTORICAL EXHIBIT TO ALLOW THE GENERAL PUBLIC TO EXPERIENCE THE UNIQUE SIGHTS, SOUNDS AND SMELLS OF VICTORIAN / EDWARDIAN TRAIN TRAVEL.3.2 FURTHER TO THE ABOVE TO PROMOTE THE SCIENCE AND HERITAGE OF VICTORIAN/EDWARDIAN STEAM POWERED LOCOMOTIVES FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT

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 the charity reported total receipts of £29,943 against expenditure of £68,231, resulting in a planned reduction of unrestricted reserves from £97,224 to £58,936. The trustees confirm the group remains in a strong funding position with reserves significantly greater than its stated policy target of retaining £1,000 plus funds for procurement commitments.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

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
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — The GCR 567 Locomotive Group (matched by registered charity number).

Trustees · trustee networks

• ANDREW HORROCKS-TAYLOR C-ENGchair
• Owen Phillip Emmanuel O'Connor
• Simon Burton

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

Operates in: Leicestershire · Lincolnshire · Nottingham City · Nottinghamshire · Sheffield City · Warwickshire

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