LITTLEHAMPTON HERITAGE RAILWAY ASSOCIATION

Registered charity 1172852 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as LITTLEHAMPTON MINIATURE RAILWAY

The Principal objective of the Trust is to preserve and operate the historic miniature railway which runs along the seafront at Littlehampton in West Sussex and to develop the heritage centre attached thereto for the benefit and education of future generations.

Objects

TO RESTORE, PRESERVE, EXHIBIT AND OPERATE RAILWAY LOCOMOTIVES, CARRIAGES, WAGONS, VEHICLES AND OTHER ARTEFACTS OF HISTORICAL INTEREST AND THE STRUCTURES CONNECTED THEREWITH FOR THE BENEFIT AND EDUCATION OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC AND TO CONSERVE BOOKS, DRAWINGS, RECORDS, DOCUMENTS, SOUND AND VISUAL RECORDINGS, CINEMATOGRAPHY, FILMS AND PHOTOGRAPHS AND OTHER ARCHIVE MATERIAL RELATING TO SUCH ARTEFACTS AND VEHICLES, THEIR HISTORY AND DEVELOPMENT.

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 unrestricted reserves stood at £91,609, representing a net surplus for the year. The trustees aim to build reserves to cover six months of expenditure, a target not yet explicitly quantified against current holdings. The charity reports adequate financial resources and no material uncertainties regarding its ability to continue as a going concern.

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 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
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Robert Ward
• Samuel Kristian Shanks
• Steve Hill
• Thomas Sanders

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

Operates in: West Sussex

Income and spending

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