THE DARJEELING TANK LOCOMOTIVE TRUST

Registered charity 1204461 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

We own, maintain and operate the Darjeeling Himalayan Railway B Class tank locomotive 19B, using her to educate and inform the public about the DHR and heritage engineering

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE:TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE DARJEELING HIMALAYAN RAILWAY LOCOMOTIVE NUMBER 19B AND ITS HISTORY AND DESIGN, AS WELL AS THE TOPIC OF NARROW-GAUGE RAILWAYS MORE GENERALLY, IN PARTICULAR BY:A) THE DEVELOPMENT AND MAINTENANCE OF A DISPLAY AT STATFOLD NARROW GAUGE MUSEUM;B) OPERATING AND/OR DISPLAYING THE LOCOMOTIVE AT VARIOUS NARROW-GAUGE RAILWAYS AND OTHER LOCATIONS ACROSS THE UNITED KINGDOM;C) PROVIDING OPPORTUNITIES FOR PEOPLE OF ALL AGES AND DIVERSE BACKGROUNDS TO LEARN ABOUT THE SKILLS RELEVANT TO HERITAGE RAILWAY PRESERVATION, RESTORATION, MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION.

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 holds unrestricted reserves of £396,759.90, having recorded a surplus of £100,142.38 for the year. The trustees confirm that reserves are maintained in line with their policy and report no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability 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 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.

• Complaints policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Funders the charity credits

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

• Statfold — “Thanks to the generosity of Statfold, offering £50,000 towards labour” (source page)

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Jeremy Christian Robin Davey MA Cantabchair
• Peter Kenneth Jordan BA, FCA
• Sarah Jane Thompson
• Will Smith

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Side by side with its peers

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