THE GREAT EASTERN RAILWAY SOCIETY

Registered charity 267275 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The principal object of the Great Eastern Railway Society is to promote the advancement of public education and knowledge of the Great Eastern Railway, its predecessors, successors and associated railway companies by historical research and study.

Objects

TO PROMOTE THE ADVANCEMENT OF PUBLIC EDUCATION AND KNOWLEDGE BY THE STUDY OF THE GREAT EASTERN RAILWAY, ITS PREDECESSORS, SUCCESSORS AND ASSOCIATED RAILWAYS

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

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 FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £123,568, which the trustees consider adequate to meet planned expenditure for the next 12 months and to provide for an orderly shutdown if necessary. The charity reported a net income surplus of £1,683 for the year, with total incoming resources of £35,053 against expenditure of £35,262.

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 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.

• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investment
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Bernard Joseph Anderson
• Brian Arthur Watson
• Dr Iain Charles Scotchman
• Dr Ian Alastair Bruce
• Graham John Roper
• NIGEL BOWDIDGE
• Ruth Ann Ivimey-Cook
• William Neal King

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

Operates in: Barking And Dagenham · Cambridgeshire · Enfield · Essex · Hackney · Hertfordshire · Newham · Norfolk · Redbridge · Suffolk

Income and spending

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