Finance Score: -4
Governance Score: -1
Support Score: 1
  • Spending falling: -1
  • Volatile income: -3
  • No PartB
  • No conflicts policy: -1
  • Grant maker support: +1
Overall GiG Score: -4 ?

LINCOLNSHIRE COAST LIGHT RAILWAY HISTORIC VEHICLES TRUST 

The preservation and restoration of rolling stock and associated equipment from narrow-gauge military, industrial and agricultural railways.
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

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy

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
31/03/23£3£2£2n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/22£3£0£3n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/21£12£11£1n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/20£10£3£7n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/19£5£24£-19n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/18£21£10£11£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17£28£31£-3£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16£47£49£-2£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15£30£4£26£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/14£1£0£1£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/13£1£0£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/12£0£1£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/11£0£0£0£0£0£0NAN00
31/03/10£0£0£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/09£0£0£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/08£0£0£0£0£0£0NAN00
31/03/07£0£0£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/06£0£0£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05£0£0£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04£0£1£-1£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 41 years

lclr.co.uk

tim.drury@ntlworld.com

01754 764176

Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
?
Listed activities
  • Environment/Conservation/Heritage
GiG Classification
  • Museums, parks, historical sites
How it operates
  • Other charitable activities
Where it operates
  • Lincolnshire, North East Lincolnshire, North Lincolnshire,
Who it helps
  • The General Public/Mankind

Who supports 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 Lincolnshire Coast Light Railway Historic Vehicle Trust
£10,000 02/09/2020
COVID19 Lincolnshire Coast Light Railway Historic Vehicles Trust
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Lincolnshire Coast Light Railway Historic Vehicle Trust
£43,600 12/05/2016
Jurassic back to Steam II
National Lottery Community Fund - Our Railway Heritage
£43,400 27/11/2014
12
Not Available

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)
Current Trustees appointed

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 08/11/1983, number: 514443
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
20 returns made; all on time
Main office

c/o7 Lansdowne Road
SKEGNESS
Lincolnshire
PE25 2DJ

Objectives

TO PRESERVE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT RAILWAY VEHICLES ASSOCIATED WITH THE LINCOLNSHIRE COAST LIGHT RAILWAY AND OTHER NARROW-GAUGE MILITARY, AGRICULTURAL AND INDUSTRIAL RAILWAYS FOR EDUCATIONAL AND HISTORICAL INTEREST.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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