Overall GiG Score: 8 ?
Finance Score: -1
Governance Score: 2
Support Score: 7
  • Volatile income
  • spending growth: -1
  • No PartB
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Mainly male board: -1
  • Large volunteers +3
  • Grant maker support: +4

RIBBLE STEAM RAILWAY LIMITED 

Ribble Steam Railway Ltd, operates a museum & Steam railway in Preston lancashire
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
  • 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

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • One or more trustees receive payments or benefits from the charity for providing services to the charity
  • 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
  • Income has been volatile recently but spending has been maintained
Established: 46 years
(50 years as a company)

www.ribblesteam.org

wattyrail@aol.com

07715487589

Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies House

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
31/12/22£259£261£-2n/an/an/an/an/a90
31/12/21£404£389£15n/an/an/an/an/a85
31/12/20£134£180£-46n/an/an/an/an/a80
31/12/19*£389£242£147n/an/an/an/an/a90
31/12/18*£258£258£1£0£0£0n/a070
31/12/17*£280£246£35£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/16£252£194£58£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/15*£249£234£15£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/14£262£116£147£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/13*£207£188£18£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/12*£208£196£12£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/11*£110£150£-40£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/10£184£161£22£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/09*£245£184£62£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/08*£200£147£54£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/07*£217£137£80£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/06£279£217£61£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/05£262£265£-3£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/04£125£81£44£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
What it does
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Education/Training
  • Environment/Conservation/Heritage
  • General Charitable Purposes
Who works here?
  • 90 volunteers
Who it helps
  • The General Public/Mankind
How it operates
  • Other charitable activities
Where it operates
  • Lancashire,

Who's supporting 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
DCMS - CRF20: Ribble Steam Railway Ltd
£207,200 14/10/2020
Culture Recovery Fund for Heritage 2020-21
Joseph Rowntree Foundation - Youth Offending Project
£4,081 09/09/2019
Weekly one day placements for young offenders that they consider to be an appealing alternative to some of the other options available for court ordered community service, including work on a small ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Ribble Steam Railway Exploration Centre
£10,000 06/12/2017
12
The organisation will convert a storage area into a multi-use educational space showcasing the extensive history of rail in the city. This will develop a new community space for the wider community.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (12)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 38-77
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 23/02/1978, number: 507266
  • Registered at Companies House on 08/05/1973, number: 01112380
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
19 returns made; AR19: 1 days late, AR18: 64 days late, AR17: 0 days late, AR15: 54 days late, AR13: 37 days late, AR12: 6 days late, AR11: 24 days late, AR09: 7 days late, AR08: 22 days late, AR07: 15 days late,
Main office

3 LINCOLN DRIVE
LIVERPOOL
L10 3LJ

Objectives

TO ENCOURAGE AND PROMOTE PUBLIC INTEREST IN THE PRESERVATION OF STEAM AND OTHER RAILWAY LOCOMOTIVES AND ROLLING STOCK MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT OF HISTORICAL INTEREST AND IN RAILWAYS ROAD WATER AND OTHER FORMS OF TRANSPORT BETWEEN PERSONS INTERESTED IN SUCH MATTERS.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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