THE HISTORIC COMMERCIAL VEHICLE SOCIETY

Registered charity 271123 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as HCVS

To promote the study and preservation of historic commercial vehicles.

Objects

TO PRESERVE, RESTORE AND OPERATE HISTORIC COMMERCIAL VEHICLES AS A PERMANENT PUBLIC EXHIBITION AND MUSEUM FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF TECHNICAL, HISTORICAL AND GENERAL EDUCATION AND FOR THE PERMANENT PRESERVATION DISPLAY AND DEMONSTRATION OF HISTORIC COMMERCIAL VEHICLES EQUIPMENT, MACHINERY AND RELICS OF HISTORICAL, OPERATIONAL AND GENERAL INTEREST AND EDUCATIONAL VALUE

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 generated a surplus of £25,584 for the year ended 31st October 2024, with unrestricted funds totaling £328,915. The trustees confirm that resources are adequate to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future, noting no material uncertainties regarding going concern. The charity employs no staff and relies on voluntary income and membership subscriptions to fund its activities.

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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Trustees · trustee networks

• Stephen Michael Graychair
• Barry Gordon
• Brian John Carter
• CLIVE ROBERT MACDONALD
• David William Hopkins
• JOHN DAVID KILBY FCA CTA
• Nicholas Johnathan Ezra
• Oliver Samuel James Warburton
• Robert Arnold Wright
• Sarah Carling-Wright

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

Operates in: Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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