# GREAT WESTERN (SVR) ASSOCIATION

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1078718
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Other
- **Registered:** Dec. 22, 1999
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=maximized&p_p_mode=view&_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1078718


## Contact

- **Address:** 1 ACACIA DRIVE, MELBOURNE, DERBY
- **Postcode:** DE73 8LT
- **Phone:** 01332864027
- **Email:** mick@hitrail.com
- **Website:** www.gw-svr-a.org.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE HISTORY SOCIOLOGY AND TECHNOLOGY OF RAILWAYS IN GENERAL WITH PARTICULAR REFERENCE TO THE FORMER GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY ("GWR") AND SEVERN VALLEY RAILWAY ("SVR") (TOGETHER THE RAILWAYS") BY ACQUIRING PRESERVING DISPLAYING AND MAKING USE OF HISTORIC ROLLING STOCK ARTIFACTS, RELICS AND DOCUMENTS RELATING TO THE RAILWAYS OR RAILWAYS GENERALLY:

**Activities:** Preservation and restoration of historic carriages and locomotives of the Great Wesrn Railway origin for operation and educational value based on the Severn Valley Line in Worcestershire.

**Area of benefit:** NOT DEFINED. IN PRACTICE IN BEWDLEY, KIDDERMINSTER AND BRIDGNORTH




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Human Resources, Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space, Sponsors Or Undertakes Research
- **What:** Education/training, Environment/conservation/heritage
- **Who:** The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Shropshire
- Worcestershire



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 31, 2025 | £80796 | £79128 | — | — |
| March 31, 2024 | £52802 | £50317 | — | — |
| March 31, 2023 | £67132 | £66849 | — | — |
| March 31, 2022 | £61402 | £30328 | — | — |
| March 31, 2021 | £98693 | £54685 | — | — |



## Trustees

- **MICHAEL HAYNES** (Chair)
- BRIAN ARTHUR LOWE — appointed Oct. 17, 2021
- COLIN RICHARD JENKINS
- COLUMB WILLIAM HOWELL
- Christopher Haynes
- DAVID ALFRED SMITH — appointed Oct. 17, 2021
- DAVID WILLIAM MASSEY
- GARETH PRICE — appointed Oct. 15, 2012
- GRAHAM JOHN GARDENER
- PAUL BENNETT
- ROBERT MASSEY — appointed Oct. 14, 2014