Romney Hythe and Dymchurch Railway Supporters Association

Charity number: 1191151
Charity reporting is up to date (on time)

Charity overview

Activities - how the charity spends its money

Quarterly magazine; volunteering; heritage and interpretation centre; financial support for projects

Income and expenditure

Data for financial year ending 30 November 2024

Total income: £304,415
Total expenditure: £138,603

People

9 Trustee(s)

12 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

Main way of carrying out purposes is grant making
What the charity does:
  • Arts/culture/heritage/science
Who the charity helps:
  • The General Public/mankind
How the charity helps:
  • Makes Grants To Organisations
  • Provides Advocacy/advice/information
Where the charity operates:
  • Kent

Governance

Registration history:
  • 04 September 2020: CIO registration
  • 13 April 2022: Funds received from 1127688 ROMNEY HYTHE AND DYMCHURCH RAILWAY ASSOCIATION
Organisation type:
CIO
Other names:
  • RH&DR Supporters Association (Working name)
  • RHDRA (Previous name)
  • ROMNEY HYTHE AND DYMCHURCH RAILWAY ASSOCIATION (CIO) (Previous name)
Gift aid:
Recognised by HMRC for gift aid
Other regulators:
No information available
Policies:
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • 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
  • 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
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

9 Trustee(s)

Name Role Date of appointment Other trusteeships Reporting status of other trusteeships
Andrew James White Chair 04 September 2020
None on record
Andrew Plank Trustee 08 October 2025
None on record
Christopher Foy Trustee 06 June 2025
None on record
Andreas Tatt Trustee 02 August 2024
None on record
Danny Martin Trustee 10 June 2023
None on record
Nigel Philip Whitburn Trustee 04 September 2020
None on record
Simon John Haynes Trustee 04 September 2020
None on record
Patrick Newsome Trustee 04 September 2020
None on record
Joseph Bahlsen Bannister Trustee 04 September 2020
None on record

Financial history

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Financial period end date

Income / Expenditure 30/11/2021 30/11/2022 30/11/2023 30/11/2024
Total gross income £804.94k £103.31k £82.08k £304.42k
Total expenditure £104.09k £39.40k £110.19k £138.60k
Income from government contracts N/A N/A N/A N/A
Income from government grants N/A N/A N/A N/A
Income - Donations and legacies £793.91k N/A N/A N/A
Income - Other trading activities £11.03k N/A N/A N/A
Income - Charitable activities £0 N/A N/A N/A
Income - Endowments £0 N/A N/A N/A
Income - Investment £4 N/A N/A N/A
Income - Other £0 N/A N/A N/A
Income - Legacies £5.00k N/A N/A N/A
Expenditure - Charitable activities £103.52k N/A N/A N/A
Expenditure - Raising funds £572 N/A N/A N/A
Expenditure - Governance £5.35k N/A N/A N/A
Expenditure - Grants institution £98.17k N/A N/A N/A
Expenditure - Investment management £0 N/A N/A N/A
Expenditure - Other £0 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 November 2024 28 July 2025 On time
Accounts and TAR 30 November 2024 28 July 2025 On time Download Open in new window
Annual return 30 November 2023 26 June 2024 On time
Accounts and TAR 30 November 2023 26 June 2024 On time Download Open in new window
Annual return 30 November 2022 17 July 2023 On time
Accounts and TAR 30 November 2022 17 July 2023 On time Download Open in new window
Annual return 30 November 2021 26 August 2022 On time
Accounts and TAR 30 November 2021 26 August 2022 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 04 Sep 2020 as amended on 14 Jun 2023

Charitable objects

TO PRESERVE AND MAINTAIN THE MINIATURE TRAINS AND ASSOCIATED ELEMENTS ON THE ROMNEY HYTHE & DYMCHURCH RAILWAY (THE "RAILWAY") FOR THE BENEFIT AND EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION BY THE PROVISION OF A HERITAGE CENTRE AS WELL AS PROVIDING THE RAILWAY WITH FINANCIAL AND HUMAN RESOURCES.

Contact information

Address:
Lee Bolton Monier Williams
1 The Sanctuary
LONDON
SW1P 3JT
Phone:
02072225381
Email:
chairman@rhdrsa.org
Website:

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