THE GCR 567 LOCOMOTIVE GROUP

Charity number: 1160243
Charity reporting is up to date (on time)

Charity overview

Activities - how the charity spends its money

To build a brand new 1890s Victorian Mainline Express Locomotive, GCR 567, to haul vintage carriages on the preserved railways of Britain to recreate the sights, sounds and smells of Victorian Express travel. The group shall aquire technical data, generate drawings, refurbish donor parts, manufacture components, construct and commission the locomotive whilst explaining the history and engineering

Income and expenditure

Data for financial year ending 31 July 2024

Total income: £17,128
Total expenditure: £9,949

People

3 Trustee(s)

8 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:
  • Education/training
  • Arts/culture/heritage/science
Who the charity helps:
  • The General Public/mankind
How the charity helps:
  • Provides Services
  • Provides Advocacy/advice/information
  • Other Charitable Activities
Where the charity operates:
  • Leicestershire
  • Lincolnshire
  • Nottingham City
  • Nottinghamshire
  • Sheffield City
  • Warwickshire

Governance

Registration history:
  • 29 January 2015: CIO registration
Organisation type:
CIO
Other names:
  • GCR 567 LOCO (Working name)
Gift aid:
Not recognised by HMRC for gift aid
Other regulators:
No information available
Policies:
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
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

3 Trustee(s)

Name Role Date of appointment Other trusteeships Reporting status of other trusteeships
ANDREW HORROCKS-TAYLOR C-ENG Chair 15 October 2010
None on record
Owen Phillip Emmanuel O'Connor Trustee 04 September 2022
None on record
Simon Burton Trustee 11 November 2017
None on record

Financial history

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Financial period end date

Income / Expenditure 31/07/2020 31/07/2021 31/07/2022 31/07/2023 31/07/2024
Total gross income £19.23k £28.72k £13.32k £16.95k £17.13k
Total expenditure £4.15k £32.01k £1.12k £8.16k £9.95k
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 31 July 2024 27 May 2025 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 July 2024 27 May 2025 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 July 2023 23 May 2024 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 July 2023 23 May 2024 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 July 2022 29 May 2023 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 July 2022 29 May 2023 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 July 2021 31 May 2022 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 July 2021 31 May 2022 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 July 2020 31 May 2021 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 July 2020 31 May 2021 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.

CIO - Foundation Registered 29 Jan 2015

Charitable objects

3.1 TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC IN THE SUBJECTS OF THE MANUFACTURE, HISTORY, USE, SCIENCE AND UNDERSTANDING OF VICTORIAN/EDWARDIAN STEAM POWERED LOCOMOTIVES IN PARTICULAR BY: (A) CREATING A WORKING MS&LR / GCR CLASS 2 LOCOMOTIVE (NUMBER 567) TO BE BASED ON THE PRESERVED GREAT CENTRAL RAILWAYS LOCATED IN NOTTINGHAMSHIRE AND LEICESTERSHIRE. (B) EXPLAINING THE ENGINEERING AND CONSTRUCTION OF A VICTORIAN STEAM LOCOMOTIVE AND INTERPRETING IT’S CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE AS AN EDUCATIONAL TOOL (C) OPERATING THE STEAM LOCOMOTIVE AS A WORKING HISTORICAL EXHIBIT TO ALLOW THE GENERAL PUBLIC TO EXPERIENCE THE UNIQUE SIGHTS, SOUNDS AND SMELLS OF VICTORIAN / EDWARDIAN TRAIN TRAVEL. 3.2 FURTHER TO THE ABOVE TO PROMOTE THE SCIENCE AND HERITAGE OF VICTORIAN/EDWARDIAN STEAM POWERED LOCOMOTIVES FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT

Contact information

Address:
6 Nowell Close
Radcliffe-On-Trent
NOTTINGHAM
NG12 1FE
Phone:
07789937712
Email:
GCR567Loco@yahoo.co.uk
Website:

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