THE HERITAGE ELECTRIC TRAINS TRUST

Registered charity 1183029 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Restoration of heritage trains powered by electricity for display and operation at public heritage railways sites.

Objects

THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE SUBJECT OF SUSTAINABLE RAIL TRANSPORT THROUGH THE MEANS OF PRESERVATION, RESTORATION AND PUBLIC DISPLAY OF HISTORIC ROLLING STOCK AND OTHER ITEMS OF RAILWAY INTEREST RELATING TO THE STORY OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF ELECTRICALLY PROPELLED RAILWAYS. ACTIVITIES IN FURTHERANCE OF THIS INCLUDE: • THE PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION AND DISPLAY OF MATERIALS FOR PUBLIC EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES IN CONNECTION WITH THE STORY AND SCIENCE OF ELECTRIC RAILWAYS AND THEIR CONTRIBUTION TO THE ENVIRONMENT.• TO ASSIST OTHER ORGANISATIONS OR INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE SIMILAR AIMS

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 held total funds of £30,292 at the end of the period, with no outstanding liabilities. The trustees report that they have no concerns regarding the charity's ability to meet its planned financial responsibilities in the year ahead, citing sufficient budgeted income and reserves 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.

• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — The Heritage Electric Trains Trust (matched by registered charity number).

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• 750 Supply — “Enlist supporters to fund the ongoing safe storage of the vehicles. > Objective ongoing with ‘ 750 Supply ’” (source page)

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (30/07/2021) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• GRAEME STEPHEN GLEAVESchair
• IAN ARTHUR BROWN CBE · trustee of 1 other charity
• MARK STEVEN WALLING
• NEIL IVOR BENNETT

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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