Finance Score: 2

Governance Score: -3

Support Score: 9

Strong growth: +2
No PartB

No volunteer policy: -2
Mainly male board: -1

Large volunteer base +5
Overall weighted support: +4

Overall GiG Score: 8

THE FRIENDS OF THE STOCKTON & DARLINGTON RAILWAY

We work to preserve the 1825 Stockton and Darlington Railway a site of international importance and start of the modern railway. Working with partners on promotion, access, interpretation, research and conservation of our heritage, we aim to raise profile and awareness locally, nationally and internationally and apply how this can be used for education, community and economic regeneration.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has been very successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

Although this charity works with volunteers it does not have a Volunteer Management policy
One or more trustees receive payments or benefits from the charity for providing services to the charity
The Board is predominantly 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 £k	Fundraising Cost £k	Total Funds £k	Unrestricted Funds £k	Mths Rsrvs	Staff	Volun- teers
26/09/23		£42	£36	£6	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
26/09/22		£20	£21	£0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
26/09/21	*	£43	£23	£20	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
26/09/20	*	£9	£5	£3	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
27/09/19		£8	£4	£4	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
27/09/18	*	£3	£2	£2	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 7 years

http://www.sdr1825.org.uk/

info@sdr1825.co.uk

01833650233

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Tweets

Listed activities

Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
Economic/Community Development/Employment
Education/Training
General Charitable Purposes
Other Charitable Purposes

GiG Classification

Museums, parks, historical sites

How it operates

Acts as an umbrella or resource body
Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides services
Sponsors or undertakes research

Where it operates

Darlington, Durham, Middlesbrough, Redcar And Cleveland, Stockton-on-tees,

Who it helps

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

Who supports them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

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

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
County Durham Community Foundation - Guided Walks Booklets Revision
£5,000	27/10/2022	To update two guided walks booklets which are now out of date.
DCMS - CRF20: Friends of the Stockton and Darlington Railway
£35,000	14/10/2020	Culture Recovery Fund for Heritage 2020-21

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (9)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

ALAN ROBSON TOWNSEND Appointed: 2017

CAROLINE HARDIE Appointed: 2017

JAMES BARRY THOMPSON Appointed: 2019

JOHN DEREK RAW Appointed: 2022

JOHN GEORGE ALDERSLADE Appointed: 2022

MR ROSS CHISHOLM Appointed: 2017

NEIL HARDIE-HAMMOND (Chair) Appointed: 2017

NORMAN JEFFREY HUGILL Appointed: 2020

PETER BAINBRIDGE Appointed: 2017

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 20/02/2018, number: 1177252

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Complaints handling
Conflicting interests
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Paying staff
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Filing Record

6 returns made; AR21: 133 days late, AR20: 1 days late, AR18: 162 days late,

Main office

Marian Cottage
Lartington
BARNARD CASTLE
County Durham
DL12 9BP

Objectives

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC ABOUT THE STOCKTON AND DARLINGTON RAILWAY (S&DR) AND ITS SEMINAL ROLE IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE MODERN RAILWAY THROUGH ITS NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL INFLUENCE AND THE CONSERVATION OF THE STRUCTURES, ARCHIVES AND ARTEFACTS OF THE S&DR.

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