Finance Score: -5
Governance Score: -4
Support Score: 7
  • Accounts filed more than 5 days late: -3 times
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • No PartB
  • Only 4 Trustees: -1
  • All male board: -3
  • Large volunteers +3
  • Overall weighted support: +4
Overall GiG Score: -2 ?

THE LOCOMOTIVE CONSERVATION AND LEARNING TRUST

to advance education and learning and to promote public benefit through the preservation, restoration, maintenance and exhibition of steam railway locomotives and other railway artefacts, establishing a facility for the safe-keeping and exhibition of them and the provision of information and education about the history of such locomotives and other railway artefacts.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • One or more trustees receive payments or benefits from the charity for providing services to the charity
  • There are only 4 trustees
  • 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
  • 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
31/03/23*£264£155£110n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/22*£232£259£-28n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/21*£21£481£-460n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/20£74£105£-31n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/19*£14£14£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/18*£42£260£-218n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/17*£388£166£222n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/16*£21£18£3n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/15*£2£0£1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/14*£9£0£8n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/13£3£0£3n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/12£6£2£4n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/11£7£4£3n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/10£29£4£24n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Balance Sheet History
Established: 15 years

www.lclt.org.uk

info@lclt.org.uk

07792556919

Charity Commission for England and WalesFacebook
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Environment/Conservation/Heritage
GiG Classification
  • Museums, parks, historical sites
How it operates
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Throughout England And Wales,
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 THE LOCOMOTIVE CONSERVATION AND LEARNING TRUST
£213,108 16/03/2023
West Side Story - The forgotten history of the Stockton & Darlington Railway in Cumberland, Westmorland & Furness
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to The Locomotive Conservation and Learning Trust
£993,400 23/09/2014
The Cumbrian Victorian Locomotive Experience

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (4)
Gender Split

  • JULIAN PETER CHARLES BIRLEY (Chair)
  • MIKE THOMPSON Appointed: 2011
  • PAUL JARMAN BA HONS
  • TOBY WATKINS Appointed: 2013
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 29/05/2009, number: 1129893
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Conflicting interests
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • Risk management
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
14 returns made; AR23: 191 days late, AR22: 556 days late, AR21: 1 days late, AR19: 102 days late, AR18: 1 days late, AR17: 2 days late, AR16: 2 days late, AR15: 119 days late, AR14: 116 days late,
Recent reorganisation events:
  • Asset transfer in from 9F LOCOMOTIVE CHARITABLE TRUST COMPANY on 30/09/2022
Main office

Stone Flagged Cottage
Newbiggin
LEYBURN
North Yorkshire
DL8 3TD

Objectives

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND LEARNING AND TO PROMOTE PUBLIC BENEFIT THROUGH THE PRESERVATION, RESTORATION,' MAINTENANCE AND EXHIBITION OF STEAM RAILWAY LOCOMOTIVES AND OTHER RAILWAY ARTEFACTS, ESTABLISHING A FACILITY FOR THE SAFE-KEEPING AND EXHIBITION OF THEMAND THE PROVISION OF INFORMATION AND EDUCATION ABOUT THE HISTORY OF SUCH LOCOMOTIVES AND OTHERRAILWAY ARTEFACTS.

Defined Area of Benefit:

UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE, LOCAL

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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