AVON VALLEY RAILWAY HERITAGE TRUST

Charity number: 1088545
Charity reporting is up to date (44 days late)

Charity overview

Activities - how the charity spends its money

To restore, preserve and operate railway locomotives, carriages, wagons, vehicles & other artefacts of historical interest and the structures connected therewith for the benefit and education of the public; to conserve books, drawings, records, documents, sound & visual recordings, cinematography films and photographs and other archives relating to such objects, their history and their development

Income and expenditure

Data for financial year ending 31 January 2025

Total income: £50,097
Total expenditure: £122,517

People

7 Trustee(s)

200 Volunteer(s)

Employees with total benefits over £60,000

No information available

Fundraising

No information available

Trading

One or more trustees are also directors of the subsidiaries

Trustee payments

No trustees receive any remuneration, payments or benefits from the charity.

What, who, how, where

What the charity does:
  • Education/training
  • Amateur Sport
  • Environment/conservation/heritage
Who the charity helps:
  • Children/young People
  • Elderly/old People
  • People With Disabilities
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • The General Public/mankind
How the charity helps:
  • Provides Human Resources
  • Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space
  • Provides Services
  • Provides Advocacy/advice/information
Where the charity operates:
  • Bath And North East Somerset
  • South Gloucestershire

Governance

Registration history:
  • 24 September 2001: Standard registration
Organisation type:
Charitable company
Other names:
  • THE BITTON RAILWAY COMPANY LIMITED (Previous name)
Company number:
01454069 Open in new window
Gift aid:
Recognised by HMRC for gift aid
Other regulators:
No information available
Policies:
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • 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
Land and property:
This charity owns and/or leases land or property

Trustees

Trustees are the people responsible for controlling the work, management and administration of the charity on behalf of its beneficiaries. Generally trustees are treasurer, chair, board member etc. The trustees are responsible for keeping this list up to date and can do this by updating their details as they happen through the online service

7 Trustee(s)

Name Role Date of appointment Other trusteeships Reporting status of other trusteeships
Roger Peter Eynon Chair 28 October 2016
None on record
neil parsonson Trustee 27 September 2024
None on record
sara peasgood Trustee 27 September 2024
None on record
Mark Davies Trustee 27 September 2024
None on record
Joseph Dean Trustee 29 September 2023
None on record
andrew gamlin Trustee 29 September 2023
None on record
KENNETH HAROLD GOODWAY Trustee
None on record

Financial history

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Financial period end date

Income / Expenditure 31/01/2021 31/01/2022 31/01/2023 31/01/2024 31/01/2025
Total gross income £80.19k £175.49k £42.00k £50.36k £50.10k
Total expenditure £92.22k £171.95k £69.20k £81.08k £122.52k
Income from government contracts N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Income from government grants N/A £94.43k £4.20k £7.00k N/A

Accounts and annual returns

This table shows the charity's record of submitting annual returns, accounts and trustees' annual report (TAR) for the last five financial periods.
Title Reporting year Date received Received Download
Annual return 31 January 2025 13 January 2026 44 days late
Accounts and TAR 31 January 2025 13 January 2026 44 days late Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 January 2024 10 September 2024 On time
Accounts and TAR 31 January 2024 10 September 2024 On time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 January 2023 28 November 2023 On time
Accounts and TAR 31 January 2023 28 November 2023 On time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 January 2022 04 November 2022 On time
Accounts and TAR 31 January 2022 04 November 2022 On time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 January 2021 31 January 2022 62 days late
Accounts and TAR 31 January 2021 31 January 2022 62 days late Download Open in new window
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Governing document

Details of the type of governing document the charity has and when it was established.
It is not the full text of the charity's governing document.

MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 15 OCTOBER 1979 AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 19 DECEMBER 2005

Charitable objects

TO RESTORE, PRESERVE, EXHIBIT AND OPERATE RAILWAY LOCOMOTIVES, CARRIAGES, WAGONS VEHICLES AND OTHER ARTEFACTS OF HISTORICAL INTEREST AND THE STRUCTURES CONNECTED THEREWITH FOR THE BENEFIT AND EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC AND TO CONSERVE BOOKS, DRAWINGS, RECORDS, DOCUMENTS, SOUND AND VISUAL RECORDINGS, CINEMATOGRAPHY FILMS AND PHOTOGRAPHS AND OTHER ARCHIVES RELATING TO SUCH ARTEFACTS AND VEHICLES, THEIR HISTORY, AND THEIR DEVELOPMENTT

Area of benefit

The area the charity can operate in, as set out in its governing document.

NOT DEFINED. IN PRACTICE SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE AND BATH & NORTH EAST SOMERSET

Contact information

Address:
Avon Valley Railway Heritage Trust
Bitton Station
Bath Road
Bitton
BRISTOL
BS30 6HD
Phone:
01179325538
Email:
info@avonvalleyrailway.org
Website:

www.avrht.org Open in new window