Finance Score: 0

Governance Score: -3

Support Score: 0

No PartB

All male board: -3

Large volunteers +3

Overall GiG Score: 0

GREAT WESTERN (SVR) ASSOCIATION

Preservation and restoration of historic carriages and locomotives of the Great Wesrn Railway origin for operation and educational value based on the Severn Valley Line in Worcestershire.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

The Board is completely male

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?

Sources of Income ?

Y/E	Income £k	Spending £k	Surplus/ Deficit	Fundraising Cost £k	Total Funds £k	Unrestricted Funds £k	Mths Rsrvs	Staff	Volun- teers
31/03/23	£67	£67	£0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	22
31/03/22	£61	£30	£31	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	35
31/03/21	£99	£55	£44	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	30
31/03/20	£65	£75	£-10	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	30
31/03/19	£70	£43	£27	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	40
31/03/18	£56	£60	£-4	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/17	£64	£45	£19	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/16	£115	£63	£52	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/15	£50	£41	£9	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/14	£41	£36	£6	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/13	£43	£46	£-3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/12	£33	£26	£7	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/11	£36	£41	£-5	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/10	£15	£10	£5	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/09	£24	£19	£5	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/08	£16	£18	£-2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/07	£10	£12	£-2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/06	£10	£2	£8	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/05	£13	£12	£1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/04	£12	£11	£1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 24 years

www.gw-svr-a.org.uk

mick@hitrail.com

01332864027

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

Education/Training
Environment/Conservation/Heritage

GiG Classification

Museums, parks, historical sites

How it operates

Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Provides human resources
Sponsors or undertakes research

Where it operates

Shropshire, Worcestershire,

Who it helps

The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
22 volunteers

Who's supporting them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Trustees (11)

Gender Split

BRIAN ARTHUR LOWE Appointed: 2021

COLIN RICHARD JENKINS

COLUMB WILLIAM HOWELL

DAVID ALFRED SMITH Appointed: 2021

DAVID WILLIAM MASSEY

GARETH PRICE Appointed: 2012

GRAHAM JOHN GARDENER

MICHAEL HAYNES (Chair)

PAUL BENNETT

ROBERT MASSEY Appointed: 2014

CHRISTOPHER HAYNES, Other trusteeships: QUINTON METHODIST CHURCH, BIRMINGHAM (WEST) AND OLDBURY METHODIST CIRCUIT, QUINTON YOUTH FOR CHRIST,

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 22/12/1999, number: 1078718

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

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
Investment
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Filing Record

20 returns made; all on time

Main office

1 ACACIA DRIVE
MELBOURNE
DERBY
DE73 8LT

Objectives

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE HISTORY SOCIOLOGY AND TECHNOLOGY OF RAILWAYS IN GENERAL WITH PARTICULAR REFERENCE TO THE FORMER GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY (GWR) AND SEVERN VALLEY RAILWAY (SVR) (TOGETHER THE RAILWAYS) BY ACQUIRING PRESERVING DISPLAYING AND MAKING USE OF HISTORIC ROLLING STOCK ARTIFACTS, RELICS AND DOCUMENTS RELATING TO THE RAILWAYS OR RAILWAYS GENERALLY:

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED. IN PRACTICE IN BEWDLEY, KIDDERMINSTER AND BRIDGNORTH

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