THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN LOCOMOTIVE SOCIETY

Registered charity 299140 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

restoration and running of steam locomotive

Objects

TO PROMOTE, RESTORE, PRESERVE, MAINTAIN OPERATE AND EXHIBIT FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT FOR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES RAILWAY LOCOMOTIVES AND ROLLING STOCK OF HISTORIC AND/OR SCIENTIFIC IMPORTANCE ACQUIRED BY OR LEASED OR OTHERWISE MADE AVAILABLE TO THE SOCIETY AND IN PARTICULAR THE EX SOUTHERN RAILWAY "BATTLE OF BRITAIN CLASS" LOCOMOTIVE NO. 34081 "92 SQUADRON". TO ADVANCE PUBLIC EDUCATION IN THE HISTORY AND EXPERIENCE OF STEAM LOCOMOTIVES AND RAILWAY ROLLING STOCK OF ALL KINDS, THEIR CONSTRUCTION, OPERATION AND ENGINEERING. TO AFFORD TO THE PUBLIC AND EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS OF ALL KINDS FACILITIES FOR THE STUDY, IMPROVEMENT AND PERFECTION OF THE BULLIED CHAIN DRIVE VALVE GEAR, STEAM OPERATED REVERSING GEAR AND BOILER INCORPORATING THE NICHOLSON THERMIC SIPHON.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED - IN PRACTICE NENE VALLEY RAILWAY NR PETERBOROUGH

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Environment/conservation/heritage · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total unrestricted funds increased from £302,252 to £367,277, driven by net income of £65,025 against expenditure of £21,288. The charity reports no employees and relies on donations and trading activities for income, with no disclosed pension deficits or related-party transactions.

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 3 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
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• 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

• IAN TALBOT BOWSKILLchair
• ALAN DENNIS WHENMAN
• KEVIN PETER WILKINS
• KINGSLEY BEVERTON HARRIS
• STEVEN DANDO
• WILLIAM JOHN ARTHUR

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

Operates in: Cambridgeshire

Income and spending

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