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 a grant maker recently
    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
    Scottish Charity Regulator
    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

    Scottish Charity Regulator
    360 Giving

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