L&NWR SOCIETY

Registered charity 1204954 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE LONDON & NORTH WESTERN RAILWAY SOCIETY

Promoting the study and preservation of information, drawings,photographs, and other material pertaining to the London & NorthWestern Railway and related organisations and subjects through thecreation of an archive of material which will be made available to thepublic both in physical form and by digital means through web andsocial media outlets and online access to scanned material.

Objects

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN ALL ASPECTS OF THE LONDON AND NORTH WESTERN RAILWAY , INCLUDING THE STUDY AND PRESERVATION OF INFORMATION, DRAWINGS, PHOTOGRAPHS, MODELS AND OTHER MATERIAL PERTAINING TO THE RAILWAY COMPANY AND RELATED ORGANISATIONS AND SUBJECTS.

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

Latest income
£48k
Latest spending
£59k
Registered
2023
Accounts read
FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity's finances remain in good order with unrestricted net assets of £64,579. The trustees acknowledge a potential significant expenditure of approximately £6,000 for relocating the Study Centre but confirm there are sufficient funds available to meet this cost. The charity reported a surplus for the period, supported by membership subscriptions and donations.

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.

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Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£48k£59k
31/12/2024£102k£38k

Common questions

Is L&NWR SOCIETY financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity's finances remain in good order with unrestricted net assets of £64,579. The trustees acknowledge a potential significant expenditure of approximately £6,000 for relocating the Study Centre but confirm there are sufficient funds available to meet this cost. The charity reported a surplus for the period, supported by membership subscriptions and donations. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with WELSHPOOL AND LLANFAIR LIGHT RAILWAY PRESERVATION CO. LIMITED.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
L&NWR SOCIETY£48k—0unclear—no doubt
WELSHPOOL AND LLANFAIR LIGHT RAILWAY PRESERVATION CO. LIMITED FY2025£1.2m—0above—no doubt
GREAT WESTERN SOCIETY LIMITED FY2025£3.9m—0below—no doubt
CHINNOR AND PRINCES RISBOROUGH RAILWAY ASSOCIATION LIMITED FY2025£200k—0above—no doubt
WESTERN LOCOMOTIVE ASSOCIATION LIMITED FY2025£191k—0unclear—no doubt
THE LONDON SOCIETY FY2024£94k—0unclear—noted

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