Finance Score: 0

Governance Score: -1

Support Score: 0

No PartB

Mainly male board: -1

Large volunteers +3

Overall GiG Score: 2

NORTH EASTERN RAILWAY ASSOCIATION

The object of the ClO is to advance the education of the public in the history of all the railways that have operated in the North East of England, particularly the North Eastern Railway its constituents and successors.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years

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

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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
31/10/23	£37	£34	£4	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	14
31/10/22	£28	£27	£1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	12
31/10/21	£42	£25	£17	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	10
31/10/20	£36	£39	£-2	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0
31/10/19	£33	£34	£-1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	22
31/10/18	£34	£23	£10	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/10/17?	£87	£15	£72	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/16	£0	£0	£0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 9 years

www.ner.org.uk

secretary@ner.org.uk

07508223976

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
Education/Training

GiG Classification

Museums, parks, historical sites

How it operates

Other charitable activities
Provides services
Sponsors or undertakes research

Where it operates

City Of York, Darlington, Kingston Upon Hull City, Newcastle Upon Tyne City, Sunderland, Throughout London,

Who it helps

The General Public/Mankind

Who supports them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Trustees (10)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

CHRISTINE RICHARDSON Appointed: 2018

CLAIRE ELIZABETH WILLIAMSON Appointed: 2017

DAVID JOHN WILLIAMSON Appointed: 2017

DR ALAN TULLY Appointed: 2019

EDWARD JOHN ORWIN Appointed: 2023

IAN KENDALL WATSON Appointed: 2021

JOHN CARR Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Retired, Other trusteeships: NORTH EASTERN LOCOMOTIVE PRESERVATION GROUP, NORTH EASTERN RAILWAY 1903 ELECTRIC AUTOCAR TRUST,

JOHN MCCREE SCOTT MBE JP Appointed: 2020

KEITH RICHARDSON Appointed: 2018

NEIL MACKAY (Chair) Appointed: 2017

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 02/11/2015, number: 1164199

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Investing charity funds policy and procedures
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
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

8 returns made; all on time

Main office

2 McNay Street
Darlington
DL3 6SW

Objectives

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE HISTORY OF ALL THE RAILWAYS THAT HAVE OPERATED IN THE NORTH EAST OF ENGLAND, PARTICULARLY THE NORTH EASTERN RAILWAY ITS CONSTITUENTS AND SUCCESSORS. THE CIO WILL ACHIEVE THIS OBJECT IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY:A) COLLECTING AND PRESERVING HISTORICAL RECORDS, AND MAKING THEM AVAILABLE TO MEMBERS AND OTHER INTERESTED INDIVIDUALS. B) REGULARLY PUBLISHING A JOURNAL CONTAINING HISTORICALLY ACCURATE INFORMATION AND ANALYSIS. C) ARRANGING A PROGRAMME OF MEETINGS/EXHIBITIONS, OPEN TO MEMBERS AND THE PUBLIC, TO DISSEMINATE ACCURATE INFORMATION. D) ENCOURAGING THE CONSTRUCTION OF ACCURATE MODELS OF THE STATED RAILWAYS' ROLLING STOCK, BUILDINGS, EQUIPMENT, AND OPERATIONS. E) ENCOURAGING THE WRITING OF APPROPRIATE BOOKS AND THEIR PUBLICATION, WHICH EDUCATE THE PUBLIC. F) WORKING WITH PUBLIC AND PRIVATE BODIES SUCH AS COMMUNITY RAIL PARTNERSHIPS AND TRAIN OPERATING COMPANIES TO PRODUCE SUCH GUIDE BOOKS AND STATION INFORMATION PANELS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC.

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