THE WANSFORD ROAD CIO

Registered charity 1201981 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

We are relocating the old Station Building from Wansford Road, near Sutton, to a new site close to Railworld and the Nene Valley Railway at Peterborough. Once rebuilt, it will act as the gateway to those two charities and we will provide services to the public visiting them.

Objects

TO PROMOTE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC THE PRESERVATION AND PROTECTION OF THE HISTORIC BUILDING THE WANSFORD ROAD RAILWAY STATION AND TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE HISTORY OF THE BUILDING BY PROVIDING PUBLIC ACCESS AND IN OTHER SUCH WAYS AS THE TRUSTEES SEE FIT.

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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Latest income

£185k

Latest spending

£192k

Registered

2023

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity is currently dependent on National Highways Designated Funds to cover rebuilding costs, with no significant fundraising activity undertaken. The trustees report that they have not yet decided to hold reserves, resulting in nil unrestricted reserves held at the period end.

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

What the accounts disclose

Going concern: noted by the trustees or auditor

“We are currently dependent upon National Highways Designated Funds, who have committed pay for the rebuilding costs to the state of a weathertight shell.”

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.

Safeguarding policy and procedures

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — THE WANSFORD ROAD CIO (matched by registered charity number).

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

Trustees · trustee networks

ALAN CEDRIC SCOTT MBE · trustee of 4 other charities
CRAIG OWEN
Dr DOROTHY BALL · trustee of 2 other charities
Martin Seery
Philip Marshall · trustee of 1 other charity
Stanley James Bell

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

Operates in: Peterborough City

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£185k	£192k
31/12/2024	£430k	£434k
31/12/2023	£59k	£43k

Common questions

Is THE WANSFORD ROAD CIO financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity is currently dependent on National Highways Designated Funds to cover rebuilding costs, with no significant fundraising activity undertaken. The trustees report that they have not yet decided to hold reserves, resulting in nil unrestricted reserves held at the period end. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
UK government	17/07/2024	£524k	Wansford - Relocation
UK government	01/04/2024	£209k	Wansford Road - Dismantling

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
THE DERBYSHIRE ENVIRONMENTAL TRUST LIMITED	2	£31k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with Wensleydale Railway Trust.

Wensleydale Railway Trust income £378k
THE STATION BUILDING, MYTHOLMROYD income £295k
RICHMONDSHIRE BUILDING PRESERVATION TRUST LTD income £2.2m
OSWESTRY STATION BUILDING TRUST LIMITED income £337k
CYMDEITHAS RHEILFFORDD ERYRI income £147k
SOMERSET AND DORSET RAILWAY HERITAGE TRUST income £666k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE WANSFORD ROAD CIO	£185k	—	unclear	—	noted
Wensleydale Railway Trust FY2025	£378k	—	below	—	no doubt
THE STATION BUILDING, MYTHOLMROYD FY2025	£295k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
RICHMONDSHIRE BUILDING PRESERVATION TRUST LTD FY2025	£2.2m	—	above	—	no doubt
OSWESTRY STATION BUILDING TRUST LIMITED FY2025	£337k	—	above	—	no doubt
CYMDEITHAS RHEILFFORDD ERYRI FY2024	£147k	—	above	—	no doubt

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