THE BLUEBELL RAILWAY TRUST
Registered charity 292497 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register
Financial health, per its FY2022 accounts
The accounts state that total net assets decreased to £3,624,584 from £4,458,281 in the prior year, primarily because charitable expenditure exceeded income by approximately £830,000. The trustees consider the unrestricted reserves of £773,345 to be adequate, noting that £480,345 is notionally available for grants after accounting for designated heritage assets, which exceeds their stated policy target of £250,000. The auditor confirmed there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.
What the accounts disclose
Accounts audited by Knill James LLP.
Leadership, per the charity’s website
- Vernon Blackburn — Chairman (source)
Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2024)
Reported reserves equal ~11.8 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).
Register events
- Received assets from another charity (07/06/2022) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
Trustees
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: East Sussex · Kent · Surrey · West Sussex
Income and spending
Common questions
Is THE BLUEBELL RAILWAY TRUST financially healthy?
The accounts state that total net assets decreased to £3,624,584 from £4,458,281 in the prior year, primarily because charitable expenditure exceeded income by approximately £830,000. The trustees consider the unrestricted reserves of £773,345 to be adequate, noting that £480,345 is notionally available for grants after accounting for designated heritage assets, which exceeds their stated policy target of £250,000. The auditor confirmed there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2022 accounts were audited by Knill James LLP.
Government & lottery funding
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