NORTHERN VIADUCT TRUST LIMITED

Registered charity 702573 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as NORTHERN VIADUCT TRUST

Restoration and preservation for public benefit of disused railway viaducts of historical and/or architectural interest.

Objects

TO PRESERVE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF CUMBRIA AND OF THE NATION AT LARGE, SMARDALE GILL VIADUCT, NEAR KIRKBY STEPHEN IN THE COUNTY OF CUMBRIA AND DISUSED ENGLISH RAILWAY AND OTHER VIADUCTS AND STRUCTURES OF PARTICULAR BEAUTY OR HISTORICAL, ARCHITECTURAL OR CONSTRUCTIONAL INTEREST.

Area of benefit: CUMBRIA AND THE NATION AT LARGE

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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Registered contact address: Westmorland and Furness, North West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £137,002 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total funds from £991,233 to £854,231. This decline was primarily driven by significant restoration costs for the Smardale Gill Viaduct, which were largely funded by grants, alongside a prior period adjustment for incorrectly reclaimed VAT. The trustees confirm the charity has adequate resources to continue as a going concern.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Xeinadin Audit Ltd. 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.

• 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
• Investment
• Risk management
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 31/03/2025 (received 11/05/2026, 100 days after the 31/01/2026 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• Railway Heritage Trust — “Railway Heritage Trust with huge thanks for their support” (source page)

Property (HM Land Registry)

3 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (3 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~0.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.7 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (100% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.3%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Adrian Harvey Martin Waite
• Christopher Duncan Macrae
• Hugh Robert Eadon
• Neil John Cleeveley · trustee of 2 other charities
• Paul Michael Thompson · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with LLANGOLLEN RAILWAY TRUST LIMITED.

• LLANGOLLEN RAILWAY TRUST LIMITED income £1.5m
• Churnet Valley Railway (NSRC) Heritage Trust Limited income £182k
• THE MID-NORFOLK RAILWAY PRESERVATION TRUST income £2.4m
• NORTHAMPTON TRANSPORT HERITAGE income £41k
• THE NANCY OLDFIELD TRUST LIMITED income £324k
• THE RIVER STOUR TRUST LIMITED income £164k

Side by side with its peers

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