LEISTON WORKS RAILWAY TRUST

Charity Number: 1149897
Charity reporting is up to date (on time)

Charity overview

Activities - how the charity spends its money

The Trust will advance the public education about the old railway line of the Garrett engineering works in Leiston by restoring and preserving part of line and running railway vehicles drawn by horses or locomotives, including the historic steam shunting locomotive "Sirapite". The trust will have open days providing demonstrations, activities and written, graphic and oral information.

Income and expenditure

Data for financial year ending 30 June 2024

Total income: £6,251
Total expenditure: £8,141

People

6 Trustee(s)

Employees with total benefits over £60,000

No information available

Fundraising

No information available

Trading

No information available

Trustee payments

No information available

What, who, how, where

What the charity does:
  • Education/training
  • Arts/culture/heritage/science
  • Environment/conservation/heritage
  • Recreation
Who the charity helps:
  • The General Public/mankind
How the charity helps:
  • Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space
Where the charity operates:
  • Suffolk

Governance

Registration history:
  • 26 November 2012: Standard registration
Organisation type:
Other
Other names:
  • LEISTON WORKS RAILWAY (Working name)
Gift aid:
Recognised by HMRC for gift aid
Other regulators:
No information available
Policies:
  • Conflicting interests
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Land and property:
This charity does not own and/or lease 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

6 Trustee(s)

Name Role Date of appointment Other trusteeships Reporting status of other trusteeships
ROGER FREDERICK GREGORY Chair 28 November 2017
None on record
Anthony Victor Robinson Trustee 20 February 2024
None on record
Dr Jan Jozef Willem Stevens Treasurer Trustee 15 November 2022
None on record
Barrie Greenwood Secretary Trustee 21 September 2021
None on record
JIM GIRLING Trustee 27 November 2012
None on record
Paul Vernon Hartley Trustee 27 November 2012
None on record

Financial history

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Financial period end date

Income / Expenditure 30/06/2020 30/06/2021 30/06/2022 30/06/2023 30/06/2024
Total gross income £15.16k £6.85k £13.63k £13.77k £6.25k
Total expenditure £3.12k £6.84k £9.04k £9.56k £8.14k
Income from government contracts N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Income from government grants N/A N/A N/A £750 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 30 June 2024 06 January 2025 On Time
Accounts and TAR 30 June 2024 Not Required
Annual return 30 June 2023 03 June 2024 34 days late
Accounts and TAR 30 June 2023 Not Required
Annual return 30 June 2022 24 February 2023 On Time
Accounts and TAR 30 June 2022 Not Required
Annual return 30 June 2021 05 May 2022 5 days late
Accounts and TAR 30 June 2021 Not Required
Annual return 30 June 2020 30 April 2021 On Time
Accounts and TAR 30 June 2020 Not Required
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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.

CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 28 SEP 2011 AS AMENDED ON 20/11/2012

Charitable objects

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE SUBJECT OF THE HISTORIC RAILWAY LINE WHICH WAS OWNED AND OPERATED BY RICHARD GARRETT ENGINEERING LIMITED AND ITS PREDECESSOR COMPANIES AT ITS WORKS IN THE TOWN OF LEISTON IN SUFFOLK, IN PARTICULAR BY: (I) THE RESTORATION AND PRESERVATION OF PART OF THE RAILWAY LINE, (II) THE RUNNING ALONG IT OF RAILWAY VEHICLES DRAWN BY HORSES OR LOCOMOTIVES INCLUDING THE HISTORIC STEAM SHUNTING LOCOMOTIVE "SIRAPITE" WHICH WAS USED ON THE RAILWAY IN THE EARLIER PART OF THE 20TH CENTURY AND WHICH HAS RECENTLY BEEN RESTORED TO WORKING ORDER AT THE NEIGHBOURING LONG SHOP MUSEUM OF THE LONG SHOP PROJECT TRUST (III) THE PROVISION OF WRITTEN, GRAPHIC AND ORAL INFORMATION FOR VISITORS OR THOSE ATTENDING PRESENTATIONS HELD FOR THAT PURPOSE.

Contact information

Address:
4 Felix Road
Stowupland
STOWMARKET
Suffolk
IP14 4DD
Phone:
01449774405
Email:
lwrsecretary@gmail.com
Website:

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