Finance Score: -4

Governance Score: 0

Support Score: 3

Spending falling: -1
Volatile income: -3
No PartB

Good trustee age range: +3
All male board: -3

Grant maker support: +3

Overall GiG Score: -1

EAST LANCASHIRE RAILWAY HOLDINGS COMPANY LIMITED

To preserve, restore and operate the railway lines, together with such lands and buildings adjacentthereto in Greater Manchester and Lancashire and in particular the East Lancashire Railway line, forthe advancement of technical, historical and general education and for the permanent preservation, of steam and other railway locomotives, rolling stock, road vehicles,equipment and relics

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age

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
Spending has fallen significantly over the last 5 years relative to the previous period
Income has been volatile recently

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
31/12/22		£9	£9	£0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0
31/12/21		£19	£19	£0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0
31/12/20		£101	£858	£-757	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0
31/12/19		£4,116	£4,150	£-35	£4,145	£1,041	£421	1.2	54	795
31/12/18		£4,771	£4,364	£408	£4,356	£1,368	£760	2.1	90	804
31/12/17		£3,691	£3,499	£192	£3,492	£1,155	£635	2.2	49	0
31/12/16		£3,868	£3,665	£203	£3,656	£1,142	£701	2.3	49	0
31/12/15	*	£3,258	£3,162	£96	£3,160	£939	£509	1.9	41	0
31/12/14?	*	£2,550	£2,317	£233	£2,590	£621	£324	1.7	29	0
31/03/13	*	£2,253	£2,131	£122	£2,130	£580	£293	1.7	24	0
31/03/12	*	£2,218	£2,161	£57	£2,178	£519	£248	1.4	24	0
31/03/11		£1,670	£1,834	£-164	£1,851	£481	£265	1.7	24	0
31/03/10		£38	£4	£34	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/09	*	£37	£4	£33	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/08		£93	£1	£92	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/07		£22	£2	£19	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/06	*	£10	£2	£7	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/05	*	£1,446	£1,305	£141	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

Show more rows -->

Show financials table -->

Download accounts

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 19 years

www.eastlancsrailway.org.uk

finance.team@eastlancsrailway.co.uk

01617646955

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Tweets

Listed activities

Economic/Community Development/Employment
Education/Training
Environment/Conservation/Heritage
General Charitable Purposes

GiG Classification

Museums, parks, historical sites

How it operates

Acts as an umbrella or resource body
Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Provides human resources
Provides services

Where it operates

Bury, Lancashire, Rochdale,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Elderly/Old People
People With Disabilities
The General Public/Mankind

Who's supporting them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following significant donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to East Lancashire Light Railway Company Limited
£194,300	07/09/2020	COVID19: East Lancashire Railway

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (10)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 45-73

CARL PHILLIPS Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Director

GARY THOMAS Appointed: 2021

ROBERT CHAPMAN Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Director

SEAN LEA Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Director

DAVID STEPHEN LAYLAND Appointed: 2013, Occupation: Financial Controller

KEITH WHITMORE Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Director, Other trusteeship: EAST LANCASHIRE LIGHT RAILWAY COMPANY LIMITED,

RICHARD LAW, Other trusteeship: BURY GROUP OF ADVANCED MOTORISTS,

ALAN LEE Appointed: 2013, Occupation: Engineering Consultant, Other trusteeship: EAST LANCASHIRE LIGHT RAILWAY COMPANY LIMITED,

GRAHAM THORNTON Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Traction Manager, Other trusteeship: EAST LANCASHIRE LIGHT RAILWAY COMPANY LIMITED,

MICHAEL KELLY Appointed: 2015, Occupation: Regulator, Other trusteeships: EAST LANCASHIRE RAILWAY TRUST LIMITED, EAST LANCASHIRE LIGHT RAILWAY COMPANY LIMITED,

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 17/12/2004, number: 1107332
Registered at Companies House on 10/03/2004, number: 05069987

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Complaints handling
Conflicting interests
Investment
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Volunteer management

Filing Record

18 returns made; AR15: 45 days late, AR14: 100 days late, AR13: 20 days late, AR12: 63 days late, AR09: 112 days late, AR06: 287 days late, AR05: 317 days late,

Main office

EAST LANCASHIRE RAILWAY
BOLTON STREET STATION
BOLTON STREET
BURY
BL9 0EY

Objectives

I) TO ACQUIRE AND TAKE OVER THE RAILWAY LINES IN THE COUNTIES OF GREATER MANCHESTER AND LANCASHIRE TOGETHER WITH SUCH LANDS AND BUILDINGS ADJACENT THERETO AS ARE OF NATURAL BEAUTY OR HISTORIC INTEREST OR ARE OF IMPORTANT IN THE OPERATION OF THE SAID RAILWAY.II) TO UNDERTAKE AND/OR PROMOTE THE PERMANENT PRESERVATION FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC GENERALLY OF THE SAID RAILWAY LINES, TOGETHER, WITH ALL FIXTURES AND FITTINGS, HISTORIC BUILDINGS AND LANDS OF NATURAL BEAUTY UPON OR ADJACENT TO THE SAID RAILWAY, AND GENERALLY TO PRESERVE THE CHARACTER AND AMENITIES OF THE SAID RAILWAY LINES.III) TO UNDERTAKE AND/OR PROMOTE THE PERMANENT PRESERVATION AND RESTORATION OF ALL FORMS OF LOCOMOTIVES, AND ROLLING STOCK, TOGETHER WITH GENERAL RAILWAY EPHEMERA (INCLUDING ROAD VEHICLES AND ITEMS OF GENERAL TRANSPORT INTEREST AND OF ACTUAL OR POTENTIAL HISTORIC OR SCIENTIFIC IMPORTANCE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC AT LARGE.IV) TO OPERATE A PASSENGER SERVICE UPON THE SAID RAILWAY LINES FOR THE PURPOSE OFA) AFFORDING TO THE PUBLIC ACCESS TO AND ENJOYMENT OF THE COUNTRYSIDE BETWEEN THE SAID TOWNS OF BURY AND RAWTENSTALL.B) ENABLING THE PUBLIC TO OBSERVE THE SAID RAILWAY LINES, ITS FIXTURES AND FITTINGS, AND LANDS OF NATURAL BEAUTY AND HISTORIC BUILDINGS ADJACENT TO THE SAID RAILWAY.V) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC BY SECURING OF THE PRESERVATION, RESTORATION, ENHANCEMENT AND MAINTENANCE OF FEATURES AND OBJECTS OF INDUSTRIAL, SCIENTIFIC AND HISTORICAL INTEREST IN THE COUNTIES OF GREATER MANCHESTER AND LANCASHIRE AND SURROUNDING AREA.

Defined Area of Benefit:

GREATER MANCHESTER

Data Sources