GWR 813 PRESERVATION FUND

Registered charity 1196114 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The charity oversees the renovation, maintenance, display and operation of items in its collection at several heritage railways and centres. It raises funds for this purpose through donations, grants, steaming fees and other means. It further researches the history of items in its collection and makes this information available on its web site and other media channels.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE :-TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC BY THE PRESERVATION, RESTORATION, DISPLAY AND OPERATION OF FORMER GWR (GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY) 0-6-0 SADDLE TANK LOCOMOTIVE NO. 813 (EX PORT TALBOT RAILWAY NO. 26), AS WELL AS OTHER LOCOMOTIVES, SELECTED ITEMS OF GOODS, PASSENGER AND OTHER ROLLING STOCK OF GWR ORIGIN OR DESIGN (INCLUDING VEHICLES OF ‘ABSORBED’ STOCK) AND ARTEFACTS OR EQUIPMENT ASSOCIATED THEREWITH, WHICH ARE OF HISTORIC OR TECHNICAL INTEREST, AND TO UNDERTAKE RESEARCH INTO THE HISTORY, OPERATIONS AND TECHNICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF THESE ITEMS AND TO PUBLICISE OR OTHERWISE DISSEMINATE THE RESULTS OF SUCH RESEARCH FOR PUBLIC CONSUMPTION.IN FURTHERANCE OF ITS OBJECTS THE C.I.O. WILL :-(A) ARRANGE FOR ITS LOCOMOTIVES AND OTHER STOCK TO BE ACCOMMODATED, DISPLAYED AND OPERATEDFOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC AT SUITABLE HERITAGE RAILWAYS, MUSEUMS AND SIMILAR SITES ;(B) SEEK MEMBERSHIP OF OR AFFILIATION TO ORGANISATIONS OFFERING GUIDANCE OR SUPPORT SERVICESSUCH AS THE HERITAGE RAILWAY ASSOCIATION

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

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

Registered contact address: South Gloucestershire, South West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£50k

Latest spending

£74k

Registered

2021

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total unrestricted funds at year-end were £20,621. The trustees report that maintenance of an adequate financial reserve is a high priority policy, noting that income from hire fees and donations may not be sufficient to cover future expenditure over the next decade. The charity remains active in its objectives, with locomotive 813 returned to service and various rolling stock projects underway.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: Maintenance of an adequate financial reserve for planned and unexpected work on the locomotive is regarded as a high prioriff policy. (reserves figure: £21k)

“Maintenance of an adequate financial reserve for planned and unexpected work on the locomotive is regarded as a high prioriff policy.” — page 3

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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.

Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Investing charity funds policy and procedures
Investment
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

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 31/12/2025

Volunteers: 12

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2024

Volunteers: 12

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2023

Volunteers: 6

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

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

Trustees · trustee networks

Patrick Gosschair
Amias Crump
Mark Christopher James Goss
Mark Edward Smith
Michael Edward John Yarker
Michael Werrell
Nicholas Jeremy Peter Baxter
Oliver Christopher Holmes
PAUL DAVID REDFERN · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Devon · Gloucestershire · Oxfordshire · Shropshire · Somerset · South Gloucestershire · Worcestershire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£50k	£74k
31/12/2024	£31k	£22k
31/12/2023	£27k	£29k
31/12/2022	£37k	£32k

Common questions

Is GWR 813 PRESERVATION FUND financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total unrestricted funds at year-end were £20,621. The trustees report that maintenance of an adequate financial reserve is a high priority policy, noting that income from hire fees and donations may not be sufficient to cover future expenditure over the next decade. The charity remains active in its objectives, with locomotive 813 returned to service and various rolling stock projects underway. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
LONDON TRANSPORT MUSEUM FRIENDS	1	£6k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with WEST SOMERSET RAILWAY HERITAGE TRUST LTD.

WEST SOMERSET RAILWAY HERITAGE TRUST LTD income £88k
WESTERN LOCOMOTIVE ASSOCIATION LIMITED income £191k
THE DARLINGTON RAILWAY PRESERVATION SOCIETY income £34k
EPB PRESERVATION GROUP income £32k
EAST SOMERSET RAILWAY CO LTD income £198k
L&NWR SOCIETY income £48k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
GWR 813 PRESERVATION FUND	£50k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
WEST SOMERSET RAILWAY HERITAGE TRUST LTD FY2025	£88k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
WESTERN LOCOMOTIVE ASSOCIATION LIMITED FY2025	£191k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE DARLINGTON RAILWAY PRESERVATION SOCIETY FY2025	£34k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
EPB PRESERVATION GROUP FY2025	£32k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
EAST SOMERSET RAILWAY CO LTD FY2025	£198k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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