COLNE VALLEY RAILWAY PRESERVATION LTD

Charity Number: 1157665
Charity reporting is up to date (on time)

Charity overview

Activities - how the charity spends its money

To advance the education of the public with regard to a history of (the central area of) East Anglia and the Colne Valley & Halstead Railway (and its successors) in particular by maintenance of a museum and by restoring and operating a demonstration railway, operations, equipment and engineering crafts.

Income and expenditure

Data for financial year ending 31 December 2023

Total income: £21,672
Total expenditure: £21,690

People

8 Trustee(s)

125 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

One or more trustees receive payments or benefits from the charity.

What, who, how, where

What the charity does:
  • Arts/culture/heritage/science
Who the charity helps:
  • The General Public/mankind
How the charity helps:
  • Provides Services
Where the charity operates:
  • Essex

Governance

Registration history:
  • 01 July 2014: 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
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • Paying staff
  • 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
Paul Lemon Chair 07 March 2014
None on record
David Underwood Trustee 16 March 2025
None on record
Adam Croot Trustee 16 March 2025
None on record
Oliver Simons Trustee 30 April 2023
None on record
Martin Jonathan Smith Trustee 24 March 2022
None on record
Stuart John Clark Trustee 31 December 2021
None on record
David James Clews Trustee 31 December 2021
None on record
SALLY BELINDA HALLS Trustee 20 January 2017
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 £335.02k £75.98k £79.12k £31.74k £21.67k
Total expenditure £67.13k £26.28k £60.86k £30.41k £21.69k
Income from government contracts N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Income from government grants N/A £54.20k £51.59k 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 31 December 2023 05 September 2024 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2023 Not Required
Annual return 31 December 2022 28 April 2023 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2022 28 April 2023 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 December 2021 25 March 2022 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2021 25 March 2022 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 December 2020 14 March 2021 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2020 14 March 2021 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 December 2019 01 November 2020 1 days late
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2019 01 November 2020 1 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 INCORPORATED 07 MAR 2014

Charitable objects

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC WITH REGARD TO A HISTORY OF (THE CENTRAL AREA OF) EAST ANGLIA AND THE COLNE VALLEY RAILWAY (AND ITS SUCCESSORS) IN PARTICULAR BY MAINTENANCE OF A MUSEUM AND BY RESTORING AND OPERATING A DEMONSTRATION RAILWAY, OPERATIONS, EQUIPMENT AND ENGINEERING CRAFTS

Contact information

Address:
Colne Valley Railways
Yeldham Road
Castle Hedingham
HALSTEAD
CO9 3DZ
Phone:
01787461174
Email:
info@colnevalleyrailway.co.uk
Website:

www.colnevalleyrailway.co.uk Open in new window