Finance Score: -4

Governance Score: 5

Support Score: 6

Accounts filed more than 5 days late: -3 times
Reasonable growth: +1
Multiple Deficits: -2
No PartB

Good trustee age range: +3
Dynamic board: +3
Mainly male board: -1

Large volunteers +3
Overall weighted support: +3

Overall GiG Score: 7

FOXFIELD LIGHT RAILWAY SOCIETY LIMITED

Preserving and Operating a Heritage Steam Railway and Museum

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
There has been reasonable growth in spending over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

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
Accounts have been filed late on 3 occasions over the last 5 years and the current period appears to have been extended
On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending

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
31/12/22		£230	£202	£29	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/21	*	£256	£250	£6	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/20	*	£126	£119	£7	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/19	*	£143	£191	£-49	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/18		£143	£168	£-25	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/17	*	£235	£157	£78	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/16	*	£248	£115	£133	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/15	*	£209	£101	£108	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/14		£133	£110	£23	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/13		£161	£124	£37	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/12		£119	£115	£4	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/11	*	£110	£95	£15	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/10		£120	£111	£8	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/09	*	£116	£93	£23	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Balance Sheet History

Established: 16 years
(52 years as a company)

www.foxfieldrailway.co.uk

enquiries@foxfieldrailway.co.uk

01782396210

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Tweets

Listed activities

Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
Education/Training
Environment/Conservation/Heritage

GiG Classification

Museums, parks, historical sites

How it operates

Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Provides human resources
Provides services

Where it operates

Staffordshire, Stoke-on-trent City,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Elderly/Old People
Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
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 The Foxfield Light Railway Society Ltd
£10,000	25/10/2022	Knotty100 at the Foxfield Railway and Brampton Museum
DCMS - CRF21 Foxfield Light Railway Society Limited
£24,700	08/03/2021	Culture Recovery Fund for Heritage 2020-21

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (12)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 25-77

ANTHONY DAWSON Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Author

DAVE ALLEND Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Manager

DAVID SCRAGG (Chair) Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Mechanical Engineer

GEOFFREY RILEY Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Retired

HARRY ALCOCK Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Incident Controller

JAKE TWEEDY Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Mechanical Engineer

JANE BATE Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Procurement Manager

JOHN CALVIN EASTWOOD Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Company Director

MATTHEW HEALEY Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Project Manager

STEPHEN TURNER Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Civil Servant

TREVOR BARNETT Appointed: 1998, Occupation: Fiter/Operator Gtrm Ltd

THOMAS BRAMMER Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Customer Complaints Assistant

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 05/01/2009, number: 1127378
Registered at Companies House on 16/12/1971, number: 01034972

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Conflicting interests
Risk management
Volunteer management

Filing Record

14 returns made; AR21: 53 days late, AR20: 66 days late, AR19: 48 days late, AR17: 356 days late, AR16: 3 days late, AR15: 2 days late, AR11: 18 days late, AR09: 168 days late,

Main office

Caverswall Road Station
Blythe Bridge
Stoke on Trent
STAFFORDSHIRE
ST11 9BG

Objectives

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC BY THE ACQUISITION, RESTORATION, PRESERVATION AND EXHIBITION OF RAILWAY LOCOMOTIVES, ROLLING STOCK, MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT OF HISTORICAL INTEREST USED OR IN ANY WAY CONNECTED TO THE OPERATION AND RUNNING OF RAILWAYS, AND BY THE OPERATION OF STEAM AND OTHER RAILWAY LOCOMOTIVES AND THE PROVISION OF RAILWAY SERVICES.

Defined Area of Benefit:

UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE LOCAL