125 GROUP LIMITED

Registered charity 1167120 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as HIGH SPEED DIESEL TRAIN LIMITED, HSDT LTD

To advance the education of the public through the preservation, operation and exhibition of locomotives and rolling stock of historic and scientific importance in particular the InterCity 125 or High Speed Train by providing working exhibits of said locomotives and related rolling stock.

Objects

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC THROUGH THE PRESERVATION, OPERATION AND EXHIBITION OF LOCOMOTIVES AND ROLLING STOCK OF HISTORIC AND SCIENTIFIC IMPORTANCE IN PARTICULAR THE INTERCITY 125 OR HIGH SPEED TRAIN BY PROVIDING WORKING EXHIBITS OF SAID LOCOMOTIVES AND RELATED ROLLING STOCK

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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Latest income

£351k

Latest spending

£353k

Registered

2016

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that closing unrestricted reserves were £299,903, which the trustees consider sufficient to meet the policy target of 12 months of anticipated expenditure. The charity reported a net expenditure of £1,600 for the year, resulting in a slight decrease in total funds from the prior year.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: 12 months (held: £300k)

“The Charity's reserves policy is to attempt to ensure that there are sufficient funds available to meet the anticipated expenditure requirements for a minimum period of 12 months.” — page 6

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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 policy and procedures
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Investing charity funds policy and procedures
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Trustees · trustee networks

ALEX WOOD
Alexander Byron Carpenter
BEN WEBBER
Christopher Lloyd
Craig David Owen
Gillian Mary Andrew
James Mark Trebinski

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

Operates in: Derbyshire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£351k	£353k
31/12/2024	£246k	£160k
31/12/2023	£169k	£124k
31/12/2022	£103k	£91k
31/12/2021	£102k	£80k

Common questions

Is 125 GROUP LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that closing unrestricted reserves were £299,903, which the trustees consider sufficient to meet the policy target of 12 months of anticipated expenditure. The charity reported a net expenditure of £1,600 for the year, resulting in a slight decrease in total funds from the prior year. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with CHINNOR AND PRINCES RISBOROUGH RAILWAY ASSOCIATION LIMITED.

CHINNOR AND PRINCES RISBOROUGH RAILWAY ASSOCIATION LIMITED income £200k
THE A1 STEAM LOCOMOTIVE TRUST income £1.2m
DEAN FOREST LOCOMOTIVE GROUP income £117k
WESTERN LOCOMOTIVE ASSOCIATION LIMITED income £191k
WELSHPOOL AND LLANFAIR LIGHT RAILWAY PRESERVATION CO. LIMITED income £1.2m
THE PONTYPOOL AND BLAENAVON RAILWAY COMPANY (1983) LIMITED income £234k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
125 GROUP LIMITED	£351k	—	above	—	no doubt
CHINNOR AND PRINCES RISBOROUGH RAILWAY ASSOCIATION LIMITED FY2025	£200k	—	above	—	no doubt
THE A1 STEAM LOCOMOTIVE TRUST FY2025	£1.2m	—	unclear	—	no doubt
DEAN FOREST LOCOMOTIVE GROUP FY2025	£117k	—	no_policy	—	no doubt
WESTERN LOCOMOTIVE ASSOCIATION LIMITED FY2025	£191k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
WELSHPOOL AND LLANFAIR LIGHT RAILWAY PRESERVATION CO. LIMITED FY2025	£1.2m	—	above	—	no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.