RISBOROUGH & DISTRICT MODEL RAILWAY CLUB

Registered charity 1173659 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as R&DMRC, RDMRC

The objects of the Club are to advance public education and foster a general interest in model railways, prototype railways and allied pursuits and to encourage a high standard of railway modelling ? in particular, amongst the members of the Club.

Objects

TO ADVANCE PUBLIC EDUCATION AND FOSTER A GENERAL INTEREST IN MODEL RAILWAYS, PROTOTYPE RAILWAYS AND ALLIED PURSUITS AND TO ENCOURAGE A HIGH STANDARD OF RAILWAY MODELLING - IN PARTICULAR, AMONGST THE MEMBERS OF THE CLUB.

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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Registered contact address: Buckinghamshire, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£49k

Latest spending

£35k

Registered

2017

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated total receipts of £48,787 against total payments of £34,900, resulting in a net surplus of £13,887 for the period. The trustees' report indicates that the charity's reserves policy is to retain adequate funds to meet ongoing liabilities and to accumulate sufficient funds to establish the Club in permanent premises at Bucks Railway Centre.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: to retain adequate funds to meet ongoing liabilities and to accumulate sufficient funds to establish the Club in permanent premises at Bucks Railway Centre to enable the Club to enhance and extend its charitable activities (reserves figure: £97k)

“The Club’s policy on reserves is to retain adequate funds to meet ongoing liabilities and to accumulate sufficient funds to establish the Club in permanent premises at Bucks Railway Centre to enable the Club to enhance and extend its charitable activities.” — page 6

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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.

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints policy and procedures
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Social media policy and procedures

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/08/2025

Volunteers: 60

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/08/2024

Volunteers: 60

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/08/2023

Volunteers: 55

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

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

Trustees · trustee networks

Paul Michael WRIGHTchair
Gary Day
James Andrew Gordon AITKEN · trustee of 1 other charity
Michael Philip Moignard
RICHARD JOHN NEIL
Roy Norton
Tim Peacock

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

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/08/2025	£49k	£35k
31/08/2024	£42k	£38k
31/08/2023	£40k	£33k
31/08/2022	£8k	£8k
31/08/2021	£630	£3k

Common questions

Is RISBOROUGH & DISTRICT MODEL RAILWAY CLUB financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity generated total receipts of £48,787 against total payments of £34,900, resulting in a net surplus of £13,887 for the period. The trustees' report indicates that the charity's reserves policy is to retain adequate funds to meet ongoing liabilities and to accumulate sufficient funds to establish the Club in permanent premises at Bucks Railway Centre.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with WARLEY MODEL RAILWAY CLUB.

WARLEY MODEL RAILWAY CLUB income £41k
ABINGDON & DISTRICT MODEL RAILWAY CLUB income £66k
THE LEAMINGTON & WARWICK MODEL RAILWAY SOCIETY income £27k
MARKET DEEPING MODEL RAILWAY CLUB income £32k
FAREHAM AND DISTRICT MODEL RAILWAY CLUB CIO income £26k
THE BRISTOL SOCIETY OF MODEL AND EXPERIMENTAL ENGINEERS income £63k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
RISBOROUGH & DISTRICT MODEL RAILWAY CLUB	£49k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
WARLEY MODEL RAILWAY CLUB FY2025	£41k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
ABINGDON & DISTRICT MODEL RAILWAY CLUB FY2025	£66k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE LEAMINGTON & WARWICK MODEL RAILWAY SOCIETY FY2025	£27k	—	below	—	no doubt
MARKET DEEPING MODEL RAILWAY CLUB FY2025	£32k	—	below	—	no doubt
FAREHAM AND DISTRICT MODEL RAILWAY CLUB CIO FY2026	£26k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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