
## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** 

**From 01 January 2021 To 31 December 2021** 

## **Charity name: Durham Locomotive Preservations Group (DLPG)** 

## **Charity registration number: 1114642** 

## **Objectives and Activities** 

||SORP reference||
|---|---|---|
|Summary of the purposes of<br>the charity as set out in its<br>governing document|Para 1.17|1. To preserve for the benefit of the public,<br>locomotives, coaches, and other rolling<br>stock for W.R.L.P.G. which may be of<br>historic interest<br>2. To advance education and training for<br>the benefit of the public in railway<br>renovation skills, in particular but not<br>exclusively in coach building skills.|
|Summary of the main<br>activities in relation to those<br>purposes for the public<br>benefit, in particular, the<br>activities, projects or<br>services identified in the<br>accounts.|Para 1.17 and<br>1.19|Our main objective is to renovate The<br>Norwood Engine originally given to our<br>group on long-term loan and then<br>purchased by us. We are looking for<br>sponsorship and grants to overhaul this<br>engine. We have links with several heritage<br>railways, with a special relationship with the<br>National Railway Museum, Shildon We also<br>renovate other heritage vehicles.|
|Statement confirming<br>whether the trustees have<br>had regard to the guidance<br>issued by the Charity<br>Commission on public<br>benefit|Para 1.18|We confirm that the trustees have had<br>regard to the Charity Commission’s<br>Guidance on Public Benefit.|



## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: 

SORP reference Policy on grant making Para 1.38 Policy on social investment Para 1.38 including program related investment Contribution made by Para 1.38 volunteers Other 

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## **Achievements and Performance** 

||SORP reference||
|---|---|---|
|Summary of the main<br>achievements of the charity,<br>identifying the difference the<br>charity’s work has made to<br>the circumstances of its<br>beneficiaries and any wider<br>benefits to society as a<br>whole.|Para 1.20|Main achievements 2021 include<br>Fundraising at local events and online<br>sales, monies toward the renovation of<br>Norwood 77.<br>Continued renovation of Norwood’s chassis<br>and ongoing training of volunteers in these<br>skills|



**Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: 

Achievements against Para 1.41 objectives set Performance of fundraising Para 1.41 activities against objectives set Investment performance Para 1.41 against objectives Other 

## **Financial Review** 

|**Financial Review**|||
|---|---|---|
|Review of the charity’s<br>financial position at the end<br>of the period|Para 1.21|Following the Covid impacted year to<br>31/12/20, the charity has generated it’s<br>highest income in the last five years, mainly<br>from sales of goods.|
|Statement explaining the<br>policy for holding reserves<br>stating why they are held|Para 1.22|Reserves are built up and held until<br>restoration parts can be purchased.|
|Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|Reserves at the year-end were £17,475|
|Reasons for holding zero<br>reserves|Para 1.22|N/A|
|Details of fund materially in<br>deficit|Para 1.24|N/A|
|Explanation of any<br>uncertainties about the<br>charity continuing as a going<br>concern|Para 1.23|N/A|



## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: 

Para 1.47 

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|The charity’s principal<br>sources of funds (including<br>any fundraising)|||
|---|---|---|
|Investment policy and<br>objectives including any<br>social investment policy<br>adopted|Para 1.46||
|A description of the principal<br>risks facing the charity|Para 1.46||
|Other|||



## **Structure, Governance and Management** 

|Description of charity’s<br>trusts:|||
|---|---|---|
|Type of governing document<br>(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|Trust constitution|
|How is the charity<br>constituted?<br>(e.g unincorporated<br>association, CIO)|Para 1.25|Unincorporated Trust|
|Trustee selection methods<br>including details of any<br>constitutional provisions e.g.<br>election to post or name of<br>any person or body entitled<br>to appoint one or more<br>trustees|Para 1.25|The Trustees may appoint any person over the<br>age of 18 years, who is willing to act as a<br>Trustee.  Subject to paragraph 5 (b) of the<br>constitution, they may also appoint Trustees to<br>act as officers|



## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: 

Policies and procedures adopted for the induction Para 1.51 and training of trustees The charity’s organisational structure and any wider Para 1.51 network with which the charity works 

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Relationship with any related Para 1.51 parties Other 

## **Reference and Administrative details** 

|Charity name|Durham Locomotive Preservations Group (DLPG)|
|---|---|
|Other name the charity uses||
|Registered charity number|1114642|
|Charity’s principal address|64 SOUTH STREET<br>SPENNYMOOR<br>DL16 7TX|



## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** 

||**Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity**|**Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity**|**Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity**|**Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity**|
|---|---|---|---|---|
||**Trustee name**||||
|1|Paul Anthony<br>Foxton|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole**<br>**year**|**Name of person (or body) entitled**<br>**to appoint trustee (if any)**|
|2|Don Brookes|DeputyChairman|||
|3|Christine Foxton|Chairman|||
|4|Malcolm Paul|Secretary/Treasurer|||
|5|Peter Shields||||
|6|Steven Foxton||||
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|8|||||
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– Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved 

**Director name** N/A 

Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity 

|**Trustee name**|**Dates acted if not for whole year**||
|---|---|---|
|N/A|||
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## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others** 

|Description of the assets|N/A|
|---|---|
|held in this capacity||
|Name and objects of the|N/A|
|charity on whose behalf the||
|assets are held and how this||
|falls within the custodian||
|charity’s objects||
|Details of arrangements for|N/A|
|safe custody and||
|segregation of such assets||
|from the charity’s own||
|assets||



## **Additional information (optional)** 

## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)** 

|**Type of**|**Name**|**Address**|
|---|---|---|
|**adviser**|||



## **Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)** 

## **Exemptions from disclosure** 

Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details 

## **Other optional information** 

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## **Declarations** 

**The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.** 

**Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** 

|**Signature(s)**<br>**Full name(s)**<br>**Position (eg Secretary,**<br>**Chair, etc)**<br>**Date**|||
|---|---|---|
||Christine Foxton||
||<br>Secretary||
||27/10/22||
||27/10/22||



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**DURHAM LOCOMOTIVE PRESERVATIONS GROUP (DLPG)** 

**1114642** 

**Receipts and payments accounts** 01/01/2021 

31/12/2021 

**For the period from** 

**To** 

**CC16a** 

## **Section A Receipts and payments** 

|**A1 Receipts**|**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to the nearest      £**<br>**131**<br>**341**<br>**411**<br>**256**<br>**470**<br>**2,433**<br>**26,872**<br>**902**<br>**550**<br>**500**<br>**400**<br>**180**<br>**8**<br>**-**<br>**33,453**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**33,453**<br>**300**<br>**230**<br>**46**<br>**117**<br>**1,501**<br>**58**<br>**1,092**<br>**-**<br>**25,255**<br>**343**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br> **28,941**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br> **-**<br>**28,941**<br>**4,513**<br>**-**<br>**12,962**<br>**17,475**|**Restricted funds**<br>**to the nearest £**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**|**Endowment**<br>**funds**<br>**to the nearest £**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**|**Total funds**<br>**to the nearest £**<br>**131**<br>**-**<br>**341**<br>**411**<br>**256**<br>**470**<br>**2,433**<br>**26,872**<br>**902**<br>**-**<br>**550**<br>**500**<br>**400**<br>**180**<br>**8**<br>**-**<br>**33,453**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**33,453**<br>**300**<br>**-**<br>**230**<br>**46**<br>**117**<br>**1,501**<br>**58**<br>**1,092**<br>**-**<br>**25,255**<br>**343**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**28,941**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**28,941**<br>**4,513**|**Total funds**<br>**to the nearest £**<br>**131**<br>**-**<br>**341**<br>**411**<br>**256**<br>**470**<br>**2,433**<br>**26,872**<br>**902**<br>**-**<br>**550**<br>**500**<br>**400**<br>**180**<br>**8**<br>**-**<br>**33,453**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**33,453**<br>**300**<br>**-**<br>**230**<br>**46**<br>**117**<br>**1,501**<br>**58**<br>**1,092**<br>**-**<br>**25,255**<br>**343**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**28,941**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**28,941**<br>**4,513**|**Last year**<br>**to the nearest £**|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|gift aid|**131**|||||**870**|
|Membership||||||**124**|
|ScrapMoney|**341**|||||**97**|
|bucket donations|**411**|||||**93**|
|Donations|**256**|||||**726**|
|card sales|**470**|||||**2,288**|
|online sales|**2,433**|||||**948**|
|Sales|**26,872**|||||**2,862**|
|interest|**902**|||||**-**|
|Norwood boiler tube fund||||||**100**|
|boiler stays|**550**|||||**-**|
|boilerplate|**500**|||||**-**|
|refund|**400**|||||**180**|
|donations - Savings Account|**180**|||||**180**|
|interest - Savings Account|**8**|||||**6**|
||**-**|||||**-**|
|**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for_<br>_AR)_|**33,453**|||||**8,474**|
||||||||
|**A2 Asset and investment sales,**<br>**(see table).**|||||||
||**-**||||||
||**-**|||||**-**|
|**_Sub total_**|**-**|||||**-**|
|**_Total receipts_**<br>**A3 Payments**|||||||
|||||||**8,474**|
||||||||
|<br>EXPENSES|**300**|||||**-**|
|REFUND||||||**-**|
|miscellaneous|**230**|||||**438**|
|worldpay|**46**|||||**38**|
|Postage & Stationary|**117**|||||**2**|
|Materials/Tools|**1,501**|||||**265**|
|Advertising|**58**|||||**104**|
|work on norwood|**1,092**|||||**541**|
|Transport / hire eqipment|**-**||||||
|Sales/ Stock|**25,255**|||||**6,557**|
|insurance|**343**|||||**99**|
|Brake Van Parts|**-**||||||
||**-**|||||**-**|
|**_Sub total_ **|**28,941**|||||**8,044**|
||||||||
|**A4 Asset and investment**<br>**purchases, (see table)**|||||||
||**-**||||||
||**-**||||||
|**_Sub total_ **|**-**|||||**-**|
|**_Total payments_**<br>**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**<br>**A5 Transfers between funds**<br>**A6 Cash funds last year end**<br>**_Cash funds this year end_**|||||||
|||||||**8,044**|
||||||||
||**4,513**|**-**|**-**|**4,513**||**430**|
||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**||**-**|
||**12,962**|**-**|**-**|**12,962**||**12,533**|
||**17,475**|**-**|**-**|**17,475**||**12,962**|



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|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**||
|---|---|---|---|
|**Categories**<br>Signed by one or two trustees on<br>behalf of all the trustees<br>**B5 Liabilities**<br>**B3 Investment assets**<br>**B2 Other monetary assets**<br>**B4 Assets retained for the**<br>**charity’s own use**<br>**B1 Cash funds**|**Details**<br>**Details**<br>**_Total cash funds_**<br>(agree balances with receipts and payments<br>account(s))<br>Business Current Account<br>Business Savings Account<br>**Details**<br>**Details**<br>Stock<br>**Details**<br>Signature|**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**Restricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**9,745**<br>**-**<br>**7,730**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**17,475**<br>**-**<br>OK<br>OK<br>**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**Restricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**Fund to which asset**<br>**belongs**<br>**Cost (optional)**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**Fund to which asset**<br>**belongs**<br>**Cost (optional)**<br>Unrestricted<br>**9,192**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**Fund to which**<br>**liability relates**<br>**Amount due**<br>**(optional)**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>Print Name|**Endowment**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||OK|
||||**Endowment**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**Current value**<br>**(optional)**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**Current value**<br>**(optional)**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
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||||**-**|
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**Independent examiner's report on the accounts** 


## **Section A                        Independent Examiner’s Report** 

**Report to the trustees/** Charity Name **members of** DURHAM LOCOMOTIVE PRESERVATIONS GROUP (DLPG) **On accounts for the year** 31/12/2021 **Charity no** 1114642 **ended (if any) Set out on pages** 1-8 (remember  to include the page numbers of additional sheets) 

I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity (“the Trust”) for the year ended **31 / 12 / 2021** . 

- **Responsibilities and** As the charity trustees, you are responsible for the preparation of the **basis of report** accounts in accordance with the Charities Act 2011 (“the Act”). 

I report in respect of my examination of the Trust’s accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination, I have followed all the applicable  Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act. 

**Independent** I have completed my examination.  I confirm that no material matters have **examiner's statement** come to my attention in connection with the examination which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect,: 

- the accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Act; or 

- the accounts did not accord with the accounting records; or 

- the accounts did not comply with the applicable requirements concerning the form and content of accounts set out in the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requirement that the accounts give a ‘true and fair’ view which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination. 

I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. 

**Date:** 28/10/2022 **Signed:** P Johnson **Name:** Peter Richard Johnson **Relevant professional** Chartered Certified Accountant **qualification(s) or body (if any): Address:** 4 St Aidan’s Crescent Durham DH1 4AP 

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**Section B                           Disclosure** 

Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight matters of concern (see CC32, Independent examination of charity accounts: directions and guidance for examiners). 

**Give here details of any** None **items that the examiner wishes to disclose** . 

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