THE SIGNALLING RECORD SOCIETY

Registered charity 1176506 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Society promotes the study and preservation of information, drawings, photographs, and other material pertaining to railway signalling through the creation of a website and an archive of material. It publishes materials, arranges meetings and visits, attends exhibitions so as to make the information available to the public.

Objects

THE OBJECT OF THE CIO IS TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN ALL ASPECTS OF RAILWAY SIGNALLING, AND ALL ASSOCIATED SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND RESEARCH, IN THE BRITISH ISLES AND OVERSEAS, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY:3.1 PROMOTING THE STUDY AND PRESERVATION OF INFORMATION, DRAWINGS, PHOTOGRAPHS, AND OTHER MATERIAL PERTAINING TO RAILWAY SIGNALLING AND RELATED ORGANISATIONS AND SUBJECTS THROUGH THE CREATION OF A WEBSITE AND ARCHIVE OF MATERIAL WHICH WILL BE MADE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC;3.2 PUBLISHING AND DISSEMINATING FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT THE USEFUL RESULTS OF RESEARCH UNDERTAKEN IN FURTHERANCE OF THE OBJECT AND PUBLISHING OTHER MATERIALS LIKELY TO ADVANCE THE OBJECT OF THE CIO IN THE FORM OF A JOURNAL, BOOKS OR IN OTHER FORMATS;3.3 ARRANGING MEETINGS, VISITS, LECTURES, EXHIBITIONS AND SIMILAR OR RELATED ACTIVITIESIN FURTHERANCE OF THE OBJECT OF THE CIO; AND 3.4 ENGAGING IN SUCH OTHER LAWFUL ACTIVITIES, INCLUDING CO-OPERATION WITH OR SUBSCRIBING TO OR AFFILIATION WITH OTHER BODIES HAVING PURPOSES IN WHOLE OR IN PART SIMILAR TO THAT OF THE CIO, AS MAY BE CONSIDERED CONDUCIVE OR INCIDENTALIN FURTHERANCE OF THE OBJECT.NOTHING IN THIS CONSTITUTION SHALL AUTHORISE AN APPLICATION OF THE PROPERTY OF THE CIO FOR THE PURPOSES WHICH ARE NOT CHARITABLE IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 7 OF THE CHARITIES AND TRUSTEE INVESTMENT (SCOTLAND) ACT 2005 AND SECTION 2 OF THE CHARITIES ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 2008.

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Education/training · Arts/culture/heritage/science · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity achieved a surplus of £4,644 for the year, with total receipts of £43,408 against payments of £38,764. The trustees report that free reserves at the start of 2025 will be £22,524, which is below their stated policy target of around 12 months of expenditure (approximately £26,000), though they consider this acceptable given the significant risk regarding archive premises relocation.

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 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 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
• Investment
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Trustees · trustee networks

• Charles Melton
• Lucy May Anderson
• Michael Reginald Instone
• PETER DAVENPORT
• RICHARD FOSTER
• Stephen Sharpe

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

Operates in: Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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