THE ALN VALLEY RAILWAY TRUST

Charity Number: 1063332
Charity reporting is up to date (on time)

Charity overview

Activities - how the charity spends its money

Promote the re-opening of the Alnmouth to Alnwick railway line and associated cycleway/footpath

Income and expenditure

Data for financial year ending 31 December 2023

Total income: £241,542
Total expenditure: £178,655

Total income includes £6,108 from 2 government grant(s)

People

8 Trustee(s)

200 Volunteer(s)

Employees with total benefits over £60,000

No information available

Fundraising

No information available

Trading

This charity does not have any trading subsidiaries.

Trustee payments

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

What, who, how, where

What the charity does:
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Education/training
  • Arts/culture/heritage/science
  • Environment/conservation/heritage
  • Economic/community Development/employment
  • Recreation
Who the charity helps:
  • The General Public/mankind
How the charity helps:
  • Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space
  • Provides Services
  • Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body
  • Other Charitable Activities
Where the charity operates:
  • Northumberland

Governance

Registration history:
  • 08 July 1997: Standard registration
Organisation type:
Charitable company
Other names:

No other names

Company number:
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Gift aid:
Recognised by HMRC for gift aid
Other regulators:
No information available
Policies:
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
  • 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
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

8 Trustee(s)

Name Role Date of appointment Other trusteeships Reporting status of other trusteeships
Michael Proctor Chair 03 October 2020
None on record
Penelope Ann Ford Trustee 20 July 2024
None on record
John Peter Hurlbutt Trustee 20 July 2024
None on record
Adam John William Stone Trustee 24 July 2021
None on record
Mark Hayton Trustee 03 October 2020
None on record
Gavin Head Trustee 03 October 2020
None on record
Adam Hogg Trustee 24 April 2018
None on record
George Christopher Angus Freeman Trustee
None on record

Financial history

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Financial period end date

Income / Expenditure 31/12/2019 31/12/2020 31/12/2021 31/12/2022 31/12/2023
Total gross income £234.43k £152.85k £261.39k £381.80k £241.54k
Total expenditure £140.78k £124.68k £167.52k £180.56k £178.66k
Income from government contracts N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Income from government grants £80.24k £11.63k £28.95k £9.54k £6.11k

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 December 2023 10 May 2024 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2023 10 May 2024 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 December 2022 04 April 2023 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2022 04 April 2023 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 December 2021 13 August 2022 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2021 13 August 2022 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 December 2020 10 April 2021 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2020 29 April 2021 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 December 2019 16 October 2020 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2019 16 October 2020 On Time 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 12 FEBRUARY 1997 as amended on 24 Jul 2021

Charitable objects

THE TRUST IS ESTABLISHED FOR THE PURPOSE OF RESTORING, PRESERVING AND OPERATING RAILWAY LOCOMOTIVES, CARRIAGES, WAGONS, VEHICLES AND OTHER ARTIFACTS OF HISTORICAL INTEREST AND BUILDINGS CONNECTED THEREWITH AND IN PARTICULAR BUT WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING TO RESTORE THE RAIL LINK BETWEEN ALNWICK AND ALNMOUTH SO AS TO BRING THE HISTORIC TOWN OF ALNWICK INTO CONTACT WITH THE REST OF THE COUNTRY FOR THE BENEFIT AND EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC AND THE PRESERVING OF BOOKS, DRAWINGS, RECORDS, DOCUMENTS, SOUND AND VISUAL RECORDINGS, CINEMATOGRAPHY FILMS AND PHOTOGRAPHS RELATING TO SUCH ARTIFACTS AND VEHICLES, THEIR HISTORY AND THEIR DEVELOPMENT

Area of benefit

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

NOT DEFINED

Contact information

Address:
The Aln Valley Railway Trust
Lionheart Station
Lionheart Enterprise Park
ALNWICK
Northumberland
NE66 2EZ
Phone:
07974040486
Email:
secretary@alnvalleyrailway.co.uk
Website:

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