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The Swanage Railway Trust

A Registered Charity based in England

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The best identifier for this organisation is GB-CHC-1087318 .
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Description

The Trust's principal objectives are:1) To preserve and restore for the public benefit items of historical, architectural, engineering or scientific value in connection with railways; and2) To advance the education of the public in the history and development of railway transportation.

Also known as

  • The Swanage Railway Trust
  • Swanage Railway Trust
  • The Swanage Railway Trust

CCEW Charity number

1087318

Company number

04115126

Registered

Postcode

BH19 1HB

Website

swanagerailwaytrust.org.uk

Domain

swanagerailwaytrust.org.uk

Latest income

£3,410,644 (on )

This organisation record is based on data from Registered charities in England and Wales published by Charity Commission for England and Wales.

The Swanage Railway Trust

GB-CHC-1087318

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Area of operation in the UK

Registered Office in the UK

The Swanage Railway Trust

GB-CHC-1087318

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This organisation record is part of a group of linked records that describe a single organisation. The organisation is linked to 2 active records and 1 inactive record, from 2 data sources.

The best identifier for this organisation is GB-CHC-1087318 .
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An organisation identifier is a unique piece of text that definitively identifies an organisation.

Examples include charity numbers and company numbers.

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GB-CHC gives the scheme for this identifier (Charity Commission), while 1087318 is the identifier for this organisation within the scheme.

The Swanage Railway Trust (this record)

Organisation record from Charity Commission for England and Wales
Last updated 2024-06-17

The Swanage Railway Trust

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Last updated 2024-06-15

The Southern Steam Trust (inactive)

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Last updated 2024-06-17

The Swanage Railway Trust

GB-CHC-1087318

Themes and activities

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This organisation has been classified using different categories:

International Classification of Non-profit and Third Sector Organizations (ICNP/TSO)

ICNP/TSO categories have been automatically assigned from a machine learning model, as part of the UK Charity Classification project.

  • Museums, zoos, parks, historical sites and similar institutions A12

UK Charity Activity Tags

These tags are taken from a project to classify all UK charities using a common set of tags. The tags are applied using keyword searching, so may be incorrect for particular cases.

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  • Charitable activities CA » Policy campaigning and advocacy CA103
  • Education ED
  • Heritage HR » Historical conservation and restoration HR102
  • Heritage HR » History HR103
  • Research RS » Science RS103

Theme (CCEW)

  • Environment/conservation/heritage 112

Beneficiaries (CCEW)

  • The General Public/mankind 207

Activities (CCEW)

  • Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space 305

Scale of operation

  • Local

The Swanage Railway Trust

GB-CHC-1087318

Charity financial history

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Year ending Income (£) Spending (£)
2001-07-03 Registered as a charity
2004-12-31 233,166 237,776
2005-12-31 193,777 171,450
2006-12-31 214,264 124,543
2007-12-31 192,091 114,314
2008-12-31 243,615 125,336
2009-12-31 302,033 180,599
2010-12-31 239,941 185,409
2011-12-31 261,000 114,611
2012-12-31 2,839,659 2,315,058
2013-12-31 2,934,763 2,431,231
2014-12-31 3,173,477 2,635,607
2015-12-31 4,886,460 2,889,099
2016-12-31 3,757,781 2,935,955
2018-01-31 3,320,765 3,526,619
2019-01-31 3,425,371 3,473,284
2020-01-31 3,818,623 3,528,423
2021-01-31 2,108,165 3,313,389
2022-01-31 3,377,762 2,728,992
2023-01-31 3,410,644 3,635,181
Income and Spending
Funds and Reserves

Data on funds and reserves are only available for financial years where the charity's income was more than £500,000.

The Swanage Railway Trust

GB-CHC-1087318

Charity people

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2023
£
2022
£
Employees 39 37
Employees paid more than £60,000 - -
Volunteers 450 450
Trustees 10
Employees
Volunteers

Data on employees is only available for financial years where the charity's income was more than £500,000.

The Swanage Railway Trust

GB-CHC-1087318

Statement of Financial Activities

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Statement of financial activities for year ended .

Based on information provided to the Charity Commission for England and Wales in the charity's annual return. This may not exactly match the figures and categories supplied in the charity's annual accounts.

2023
£000s
2022
£000s
Incoming resources
Donations and other voluntary income - -
Legacies 438.6 905.1
Endowments - -
Donations and legacies 438.6 905.1
Income from charitable activities 64.2 63.8
Income from other trading activities 2,906.0 2,350.6
Income from investments 1.9 0.1
Other income - 58.3
Total 3,410.6 3,377.8
Expenditure
Investment management - -
Other spending on raising funds 5.7 9.0
Spending on raising funds 5.7 9.0
Grants to institutions - -
Other charitable activities 222.5 176.8
Charitable activities 222.5 176.8
Other spending 3,406.9 2,543.3
Total 3,635.2 2,729.0
Net income / (expenditure) (224.5) 648.8

The Swanage Railway Trust

GB-CHC-1087318

Balance sheet

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Balance sheet at .

Based on information provided to the Charity Commission for England and Wales in the charity's annual return. This may not exactly match the figures and categories supplied in the charity's annual accounts.

2023
£000s
2022
£000s
Fixed assets
Tangible and intangible assets 5,599.6 5,437.4
Investment assets 3.5 4.6
5,603.1 5,442.0
Current assets
Current investment assets - -
Cash 1,517.9 1,902.5
Other current assets 471.0 176.0
1,988.9 2,078.5
Creditors
Amounts falling due within one year (877.3) (529.7)
Net current assets 1,111.6 1,548.8
Total assets less current liabilities 6,714.7 6,990.9
Creditors
Amounts falling due after one year (318.5) (477.1)
Net assets 6,396.2 6,513.7
Funds
Endowment funds - -
Restricted funds 895.2 773.5
Unrestricted funds 5,501.0 5,740.3
6,396.2 6,513.7

The Swanage Railway Trust

GB-CHC-1087318

Income from government

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2023
£
2022
£
Contracts with government
None recorded
Government grants
Income from government grants - 58,252
Government grants as % of total income - 1.7%
Number of government grants - 2

The Swanage Railway Trust

GB-CHC-1087318

Grants received

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Date Funder Amount awarded Description
The National Lottery Heritage Fund
National Lottery Grants for Heritage: £10,000 to £250,000
£23,700 Grant to Swanage Railway Trust
Co-operative Group £14,764 Grant to Swanage Railway Trust
Ministry of Defence
Defence - Armed Forces Day
£1,500 Financial Assistance/Support

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The Swanage Railway Trust

GB-CHC-1087318

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