Finance Score: 0

Governance Score: 0

Support Score: 5

No PartB

(no info on trustees)

Overall weighted support: +5

Overall GiG Score: 5

ALFORD VALLEY COMMUNITY RAILWAY LTD

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently

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 ?

Period ending	31/03/22	31/03/23	31/03/24
Total income	£28,042	£206,590	£34,137
Total spending	£16,238	£187,560	£25,687
Surplus/deficit	£11,804	£19,030	£8,450

Established: 3 years

Listed activities

It carries out activities or services itself

GiG Classification

General Community services

Purposes

The advancement of education
The advancement of citizenship or community development
The advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science

Where it operates

Aberdeenshire

Who it helps

No specific group, or for the benefit of the community

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.

Major supporters in last 5 years

Foundation Scotland	£15,000
Co-Operative Group	£10,233
National Lottery Community Fund	£10,000

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Alford Valley Community Railway
£5,253	21/10/2023	We are revitalising the much-loved narrow-gauge railway and station building in Alford. Funding will be used to refurbish the exterior of the station building, including the peripheral fence.
Foundation Scotland - Alford Valley Community Railway
£15,000	27/07/2022 12	To part fund energy efficiency improvements, in particular double glazing, of the Alford Valley Community Railway station building.
National Lottery Community Fund - Alford Valley Community Railway
£10,000	17/02/2022	This group will fund the renovation of the local station house as a space for community meetings events a café and hire for social events.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Alford Valley Community Railway
£4,980	23/10/2021	We would like to carry out repairs to the station buildings and the 19th century carriage shed, to ensure the railway continues to be a visitor attraction, while offering volunteering opportunities.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees

Sorry we have no information about the Trustees.

Legal constitution

Charity registered in Scotland on 24/06/2021, number: SC051076

Filing Record

1 returns made; all on time

Main office

The Station, Main Street, Alford, AB33 8AD

Objectives

2 The objects of the society shall be to carry on business for the benefit of the community at large, through furthering, within the Alford Valley in Aberdeenshire (which comprises the postcodes AB33) (“the Community”), the following charitable purposes: 2.1 The advancement of community development (including rural regeneration). 2.2 To restore, preserve and operate railway locomotives, carriages, wagons, vehicles & other artefacts of historical interest and the structures connected therewith for the benefit and education of the public. But only to the extent that the above purposes are consistent with furthering the achievement of sustainable development.

Data Sources

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