**IVATT DIESEL RE-CREATION SOCIETY Charity number 1147032** 

## **TRUSTEES’ REPORT AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023** 

## **TRUSTEES** 

Tony Ellershaw, Chair Tony Brown, Treasurer Andrew Hoseason, Secretary Bernard Caddy Paul Etherington Hanson Haigh (resigned 30 January 2024) Michael Prince Adrian Bullock, (appointed 08 April 2024) Mark Langley, (appointed 08 April 2024) 

## **Registered address** 

46 Biddick Village Centre Washington NE38 7NP 

## **Independent examiner** 

Anthony Pilkington FCA BookCheck Ltd The Midway Chalford Hill Stroud GL6 8EN 

## **Bankers** 

Lloyds Bank Plc Chelmsford Legg St OSC 1 Legg St CM1 1JS 




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

## **From  01 January 2023 to 31 December 2023** 

## **Charity name:  Ivatt Diesel Re-creation Society Charity registration number:  1147032** 

## **Objectives and Activities** 

||SORP reference||
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|Summary of the purposes of<br>the charity as set out in its<br>governing document|Para 1.17|1.<br>To build, preserve, operate,<br>maintain and exhibit the Charity’s<br>property, in particular, but not<br>limited to, an LMS Diesel<br>Locomotive to Engine Diagram<br>279, two of which were originally<br>constructed in 1947 and known<br>as the “Ivatt Twins”, and advance<br>the education of the public in<br>pioneering diesel traction in the<br>UK. This will not be the third<br>locomotive of the type, not a<br>replica.  It is intended to have the<br>look, sound and performance of<br>the previous two locomotives,<br>though, of necessity, to contain<br>some more modern equipment<br>within.<br>2.<br>To use the Charity’s property to<br>promote public knowledge,<br>appreciation and understanding<br>of the historical educational,<br>scientific, and cultural aspects of<br>the trust property, with particular<br>regard to its historical significance<br>and legacy.|
|Summary of the main<br>activities in relation to those<br>purposes for the public<br>benefit, in particular, the<br>activities, projects or services<br>identified in the accounts.|Para 1.17 and<br>1.19|The main work was to continue the process<br>of communicating with industry experts<br>about the design and continued collection to<br>parts.  Continued refurbishment work on<br>components.  Refining of the final<br>engineering drawings.|
|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|The trustees have read the guidance named<br>‘Public benefit: rules for charities.’<br>All decisions and work are done with in<br>accord with this.|





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

SORP reference 

||SORP reference||
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|Policy on grant making|Para 1.38|N/A|
|Policy on social investment<br>including program related<br>investment|Para 1.38|N/A|
|Contribution made by<br>volunteers|Para 1.38|The charity has no paid staff and so all<br>achievements and work is done by<br>volunteers.|
|Other|||



## **Achievements and Performance** 

||SORP reference||
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|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|The charity has continued to educate the<br>public regarding the D16/1 class via online<br>and in person opportunities, both at our<br>Workshop and on our Information Stand at<br>venues.<br>We have saved and preserved parts<br>pursuant to the aim, ready for eventual<br>creation of the new locomotive.<br>Work progressed to strip and refurbish the<br>braking, suspension and electrical control<br>aspects.<br>Work continued to produce final engineering<br>drawings.<br>Preparatory work was undertaken toward<br>assessment of the six traction motors within<br>the bogies.  A drying oven was constructed<br>which will enable us to undertake electrical<br>resistance readings of each motor, once<br>thoroughly fried internally.|



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|Achievements against<br>objectives set|Para 1.41||
|---|---|---|
|Performance of fundraising<br>activities against objectives<br>set|Para 1.41|Fundraising slowed this year compared to<br>previously, notably because we are in a<br>interim stage during which we do not yet<br>have precise quotes for work to be done,<br>therefore making specific fundraising<br>difficult.  This should improve after the next<br>year.|
|Investment performance<br>against objectives|Para 1.41||
|Other|||





## **Financial Review** 

|**Financial Review**|||
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|Review of the charity’s<br>financial position at the end<br>of the period|Para 1.21|The Society continues to have a firm and<br>growing financial base.|
|Statement explaining the<br>policy for holding reserves<br>stating why they are held|Para 1.22|The Society has no specific reserves other<br>than the continued healthy bank balances.|
|Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|N/A|
|Reasons for holding zero<br>reserves|Para 1.22|No need for a specific reserve has been<br>identified as yet.|
|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|No uncertainties  arose.|



|**Additional information (optional)**<br>You may choose to include further statements|**Additional information (optional)**<br>You may choose to include further statements|where relevant about:|
|---|---|---|
|The charity’s principal<br>sources of funds (including<br>any fundraising)|Para 1.47|Donations from the public.|
|Investment policy and<br>objectives including any<br>social investment policy<br>adopted|Para 1.46|N/A|
|A description of the principal<br>risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|The objectives would not be met if the level<br>of donations reduced significantly.  Progress<br>would be impeded by the loss of our Lead<br>Engineer.|
|Other|||





## **Structure, Governance and Management** 

|Description of charity’s<br>trusts:|||
|---|---|---|
|Type of governing document<br>(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|**Constitution**|
|How is the charity<br>constituted?<br>(e.g unincorporated<br>association, CIO)|Para 1.25|**Unincorporated Society**|
|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|Trustees are recommended and can be co-<br>opted during the year.  Trustees holding the<br>position of officers are voted into the role<br>each year at the AGM.|



|**Additional information (optional)**<br>You may choose to include further statements|**Additional information (optional)**<br>You may choose to include further statements|where relevant about:|
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|Policies and procedures<br>adopted for the induction and<br>training of trustees|Para 1.51|New trustees are required to read the<br>Charity Commission’s online guidance for<br>new trustees.|
|The charity’s organisational<br>structure and any wider<br>network with which the<br>charity works|Para 1.51|The charity is run by consensus within the<br>trustees for day to day decisions.<br>The Constitution allows for votes among<br>members, as required.|
|Relationship with any related<br>parties|Para 1.51|The Society is autonomous and is not<br>affiliated with an umbrella group.  It has no<br>paid staff.  The charity works alongside the<br>Ecclesbourne Valley Railway Association at<br>the same site and EVRA members<br>contribute to volunteer tasks for the charity.|
|Other|||





## **Reference and Administrative details** 

|Charity name|Ivatt Diesel Re-creation Society|
|---|---|
|Other name the charity uses|Ivatt Diesel Recreation Society, LMS10000|
|Registered charity number|1147032|
|Charity’s principal address|46 Biddick Village Centre, Washington, NE38 7NP|
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## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** 

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||Tony Ellershaw|Chair||
||Andrew Hoseason|Secretary||
||Tony Brown|Treasurer||
||Michael Prince|Assistant Treasurer||
||Hanson Haigh|||
||Paul Etherington|||
||Bernard Caddy|||
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– Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved 

**Director name** none 

Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity 

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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** none 

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

## **Exemptions from disclosure** 

Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details 

None 

## **Other optional information** 



## **Declarations** 

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

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

**Signature(s) Full name(s)** Andrew John Hoseason **Position (eg Secretary,** Secretary **Chair, etc) Date** 18 May 2024 



**Ivatt Diesel Re-creation Society** 


**1147032** 

**Receipts and payments accounts CC16a For the period 01-Jan-23 31-Dec-23 To from** 

|**Section A Receipts and payments**|**Section A Receipts and payments**|**Section A Receipts and payments**||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|**A1 Receipts**|**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to the nearest**<br>**£**<br>**571**<br>**-**<br>**38,055**<br>**6,740**<br> <br>**45,366**<br>**-**<br> **-**<br>**45,366**<br>**23,845**<br>**-**<br> **23,845**||**Restricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to the nearest £**<br>**315**<br>**1,280**<br>**975**<br>**-**<br>**2,570**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**2,570**<br>**-**<br>**-**||**Endowment**<br>**funds**<br>**to the nearest £**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**||**Total funds**<br>**to the nearest £**<br>**887**<br>**1,280**<br>**39,030**<br>**6,740**<br>**47,937**||**Last year**<br>**to the nearest £**|
|Income|**571**|||||||||
|Co-Co Club|**-**||||||||**-**|
|Donations|**38,055**||||||||**116,293**|
|HMRC Gift Aid|**6,740**||||||||**12,192**|
|**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for AR)_|<br>**45,366**||||||||**128,485**|
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|**A2 Asset and investment sales,**<br>**(see table).**||||||||||
|None|**-**||||||**-**||**-**|
|**_Sub total_**|**-**||||||**-**||**-**|
|**_Total receipts_**<br>**A3 Payments**||||||||||
||||||||**47,937**||**128,485**|
||||||||**23,845**<br>**23,845**|||
|Combined expenditure|**23,845**||||||||**114,049**|
|Adjustment forpayment straddlingfinancial|**-**|||||||||
|**_Sub total_ **|**23,845**||||||||**114,049**|
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|**A4 Asset and investment**<br>**purchases, (see table)**||||||||||
|Loan repayments|**1,800**||**-**||**-**||**1,800**||**1,800**|
|**_Sub total_ **|**1,800**||**-**||**-**||**1,800**||**1,800**|
|**_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_**||||||||||
||||||||||**115,849**|
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||**19,721**||**2,570**||**-**||**22,291**||**12,636**|
||**1,249**||**-                 1,249**||**-**||**-**||**-**|
||**30,814**||**35,768**||**-**||**66,582**||**53,946**|
||**51,784**||**37,089**||**-**||**88,873**||**66,582**|
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|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the**|||||||**period**|||
|**Categories**<br>**B2 Other monetary assets**<br>**B3 Investment assets**<br>**B1 Cash funds**<br>CCXX R1 accounts (SS)|**Details**||||**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**||**Restricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**||**Endowment**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**|
||Main account||||51,784||**-**||**-**|
||Co-Co Club account||||0||326||**-**|
||Electrical cubicle account||||0||4,643|||
||Other restricted expenditure account||||0||968|||
||Telehandler account||||0||3,040|||
||Rollingchassis account||||0||23,975|||
||Wheel turningaccount||||0||4,137|||
||Paypal 1||||0||**0**|||
||Paypal 2||||0||**0**||**-**|
||Gift Aid accrual<br>(agree balances with receipts and payments<br>account(s))<br>**Details**<br>None<br>**_Total cash funds_**<br>**Details**<br>1||||**51,784**||**37,089**||**-**|
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||||||||||**Endowment**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**|
||||||||||**-**|
||||||||||**Current value**<br>**(optional)**|
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CCXX R1 accounts (SS) 



**B4 Assets retained for the charity’s own use** 

**Fund to which Current value Details Cost (optional) asset belongs (optional)** Heritage & engineering assets **102,000 -** 

CCXX R2 accounts (SS) 

18/05/2024 

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CHARITY COMMISSION
FOR ENGLAND AND WALES
Independent examinerfs
report on the accounts
Se¢tion A
Independent Examiner's Report
Report to the trusteesl
members of
Ivatt Diesel Re<reation Society
On accounts for the year
ended
3111212023
Charity no
(if any
1147032
Set out on pages
3rf+
I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above
charity {Ihe Trusf) for the year ended
Yi
Responsibilities and As the charity trustees of the Trust. you are responsible for the preparation
basis of report of the accounts in accordance wrth the requirements of 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 carying out my examination, I
have followed the applicable Directions given by the Chanty Comrnission
under section 145(5)Ib) of the Act.
I have completed my examination. I confimi that no material matters have
come to my attention in ¢onneclion with the examination which gives me
cause to believe that in. any material respect..
accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of
the Act or
the accounts do not accord with the accounting records
Independent
examinerfs statement
I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection
with the examination to which attention should be drawn in order to enable a
proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
Please delete the words in the brackets rfthey do not apply.
Signed:
Date:
151512024
Name:
APW Pilkington
Relevant professional
qualification(s) or body
lif any)-
FCA
Address:
Randalls Cottage
Chalford Hill, Stroud
GL6 8LF
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).
IER
October 201Q

Give here brief delails of
any items that the
examiner wishes to
disclose.
IER
October 2018

CHARITY COMMISSION
FOR ENGLANO AND WALES
fvatt Dle8el Rtscrèation Society
1147032
Recei
ts and
ments accounts
CC16a
For the perfod
from
01dan-23
31-D8c-23
To
Unreslri¢led
funds
Re5triGted
funds
Endowment
fund¥
Total fundi
Lastyear
toth• no•ro8t£
to the rbpareBt£
to ¢h• n8aTfjSt E
Al Recel
Income
Ctsco Club
Donation5
HMRC C1ft￿d
tota
5Y1
315
1.280
39,030
6,740
47,937
38,055
6,740
45.366
975
116,293
12,192
128.465
s income
1570
set an
see table
None
nvesth)ènt sa
.57
7,937
.485
A3Pz
ments
Combined exwditu
Adjustment
rnent svaJYII
114,049
Sub total
23145
114.049
A4 A58et and investment
Loan repaymen15
1,800
Sub total
1,800
1,800
25.645
25.645
115,849
Net of receipts/(payments)
AS Transfers between funds
A6 Cash funds last year end
Cash funds thi$ year end
19.721
1,249
30.814
51,7
2,570
1.249
35.768
37,08
22.291
12,636
66.582
88.873
53,94
86.582
CCXX R1 accounts ISSI
1810512024

UnrestrictÈd
fundA
to near•st£
51.784
Restricted
funds
Endowment
fund
to near0$1 E
Categories
Oetalls
81 Cash funds
Main ac￿nI
Ctrco Cltsb*wJnt
EleGth(xl cubide ￿nt
her resiricied eX￿￿rtu￿￿x￿￿mt
T&thandleraccoJN
RollifwJ chassis ac¢tyJnt
326
4.843
968
3.040
23.975
4.137
Paypal I
Pa￿?
Total cash fvnds
51,784
37.089
XC￿￿*1%1) OK
Unrestricted
funds
OK
OK
Endowment
funds
to neaYè*t E
Restrlcted
funds
to nearest£
Oetslls
GIftAd accn
f12 Other monetar¥ assats
4.214
F¥od to *hl¢h
set bdon
Details
None
Cost Iwonall
eurrgnt v•luo
ional
B3 InvoStmÈnt assets
Fund io whlch
Details
Cost loptiomall
urrent value
B4 Assets rttsinèd for thg
charity's own use
102,OC
CCXX R2 arujunts ISSI
1610512024