FRIENDS OF MARCH RAILWAY STATION (FOMRS)

Charity number: 1172812
Charity reporting is up to date (on time)

Charity overview

Activities - how the charity spends its money

The Friends Of March Railway Station (FOMRS) is a group of community volunteers who wish to make the station a vibrant and attractive place to visit and use, both for the those using the railways and for the community. The group also sets out to preserve the heritage of March Station and the History of the Railways influence in the community.

Income and expenditure

Data for financial year ending 31 March 2024

Total income: £3,623
Total expenditure: £1,096

People

4 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:
  • Arts/culture/heritage/science
  • Economic/community Development/employment
  • Recreation
Who the charity helps:
  • Children/young People
  • Elderly/old People
  • People With Disabilities
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • The General Public/mankind
How the charity helps:
  • Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space
Where the charity operates:
  • Cambridgeshire

Governance

Registration history:
  • 28 April 2017: CIO registration
Organisation type:
CIO
Other names:
  • FOMRS (Working name)
  • FRIENDS OF MARCH RAILWAY STATION (Previous name)
  • FRIENDS OF MARCH RAILWAY STATION (FORMS) (Previous name)
Gift aid:
Not 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
  • 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

4 Trustee(s)

Name Role Date of appointment Other trusteeships Reporting status of other trusteeships
Robert Abel Chair 15 February 2024
None on record
Mandy Ward Trustee 15 February 2024
None on record
Nicola Christy Trustee 30 October 2018
None on record
GARY JOHN CHRISTY Trustee 28 April 2018
FACT Community Transport
Received: On time

Financial history

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Financial period end date

Income / Expenditure 31/03/2020 31/03/2021 31/03/2022 31/03/2023 31/03/2024
Total gross income £1.44k £1.06k £0 £968 £3.62k
Total expenditure £782 £1.71k £551 £752 £1.10k
Income from government contracts N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Income from government grants £400 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 March 2024 13 January 2025 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2024 13 January 2025 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2023 24 January 2024 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2023 24 January 2024 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2022 20 January 2023 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2022 20 January 2023 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2021 18 January 2022 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2021 18 January 2022 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2020 16 December 2020 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2020 16 December 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.

CIO - ASSOCIATION Registered 28 Apr 2017

Charitable objects

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC THROUGH THE PRESERVATION AND MAINTENANCE OF BUILDING ASSOCIATED WITH THE HISTORY OF RAILWAYS IN MARCH BY; (A) PROVIDING RESOURCES FOR LEARNING ABOUT THE HISTORY OF AND THE ROLE THE RAILWAY HAS PLAYED IN DEVELOPMENT OF THE TOWN AND (B) PROMOTING THE HISTORIC IMPORTANCE OF THE HERITAGE OF RAILWAYS IN MARCH

Contact information

Address:
75 WIMBLINGTON ROAD
MARCH
PE15 9QW
Phone:
01354653045
Email:
gary@christy.org.uk
Website:

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