THE LOCOMOTION TRUST

Charity Number: 503647
Removed charity

Charity overview

Activities - how the charity spends its money

The Locomotion Trust was founded in 1975 to build and manage a full working replica of George Stephenson's first railway engine Locomotion No 1. The engine resides at The Beamish Open Air Museum. The Trust is commited to the spread of knowledge in early railways andhas since added two further engines Steam Elephant and Thomas Hedley's Puffing Billy all of which can be seen in operation at Beamish.

Income and expenditure

Data for financial year ending 30 June 2008

Total income: £1,269
Total expenditure: £5,732

Fundraising

No information available

Trading

No information available

Trustee payments

No information available

What, who, how, where

What the charity does:
  • Environment/conservation/heritage
Who the charity helps:
  • The General Public/mankind
How the charity helps:
  • Sponsors Or Undertakes Research
  • Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body
Where the charity operates:
  • Durham
  • Japan

Governance

Registration history:
  • 18 February 1975: Standard registration
  • 27 November 2009: Removed (Ceased to exist)
  • 27 November 2009: Funds transferred to 1122366 BEAMISH MUSEUM
Organisation type:
Other names:

No other names

Gift aid:
No information available
Other regulators:
No information available
Policies:
No policies declared
Land and property:
No information available

Financial history

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Financial period end date

Income / Expenditure 30/06/2004 30/06/2005 30/06/2006 30/06/2007 30/06/2008
Total gross income £10.57k £2.55k £5.80k £3.06k £1.27k
Total expenditure £0 £2.42k £9.94k £808 £5.73k
Income from government contracts N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Income from government grants N/A N/A N/A N/A 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 2009 Not submitted
Accounts and TAR 30 June 2009 Not submitted
Annual return 30 June 2008 04 February 2009 On Time
Accounts and TAR 30 June 2008 Not Required
Annual return 30 June 2007 20 September 2007 On Time
Accounts and TAR 30 June 2007 Not Required
Annual return 30 June 2006 05 October 2006 On Time
Accounts and TAR 30 June 2006 Not Required
Annual return 30 June 2005 30 December 2005 On Time
Accounts and TAR 30 June 2005 Not Required

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.

DECLARATION OF TRUST DATED 1 SEPTEMBER 1974

Charitable objects

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC WITH REGARD TO RAILAYS IN PARTICULAR BY (BUT WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING) THE CONSTRUCTION F A FULL-SCALE WORKING REPLICA OF THE FIRST RAILWAY ENGINE TO PROVIDE A SERVICE FOR PASSENGERS NAMELY, STOCKTON AND DARLINGTON NO.1 "LOCOMOTION" AND THE MAINTENANCE AND PERMANENT DISPLAY AND DEMONSTRATION OF THE SAID REPLICA FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC AS AN ITEM OF HISTORICAL TECHNICAL AND GENERAL INTEREST AND EDUCATIONAL VALUE.

Area of benefit

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

NOT DEFINED