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

## **TRUSTEES’ REPORT AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024** 

## **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 01/01/2024   To 31/12/2024** 

## **Charity name:  Ivatt Diesel Recreation Society Charity registration number:  1147032** 

## **Objectives and Activities** 

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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<br>Charity’s property, in particular,<br>but not 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<br>advance the education of the<br>public in pioneering diesel<br>traction in the UK. This will not<br>be the third locomotive of the<br>type, not a replica.  It is intended<br>to have the look, sound and<br>performance of the previous two<br>locomotives, though, of<br>necessity, to contain some more<br>modern equipment 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<br>significance 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<br>services identified in the<br>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<br>to 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<br>named ‘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 

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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>work is done by volunteers.|
|Other|||



## **Achievements and Performance** 

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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, both<br>online and in person opportunities, both at<br>our Workshop and on our Information<br>Stand at 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<br>engineering drawings.<br>Discussions with third parties have been<br>extensive, with the aim of accelerating work<br>on the overall aim.  Such third party work<br>will take effect once final drawings have<br>bene produced.|





|**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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|Achievements against<br>objectives set|Para 1.41|N/A|
|Performance of fundraising<br>activities against objectives<br>set|Para 1.41|Fundraising increased this year compared<br>to the previous one, as expected.|
|Investment performance<br>against objectives|Para 1.41|N/A|
|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:|
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|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.<br>Progress would be impeded by the loss of<br>our Lead Engineer.|
|Other|||





## **Structure, Governance and Management** 

|**Description of charity’s**<br>**trusts:**|||
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|Type of governing document<br>(trust deed, royal charter)|<br>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)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: 

|Policies and procedures<br>adopted for the induction<br>and training of trustees|Para 1.51|New trustees are required to read the<br>Charity Commission’s online guidance for<br>new trustees.|
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|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<br>related 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<br>charity.|
|Other|||





## **Reference and Administrative details** 

|Charity name|Ivatt Diesel Re-creation Society|
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|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** 

|1<br>2<br>3<br>4<br>5<br>6<br>7<br>8<br>9<br>10<br>11<br>12<br>13<br>14<br>15<br>16<br>17<br>18<br>19<br>20|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole**<br>**year **|**Name of person (or body) entitled**<br>**to appoint trustee (ifany)**|
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||TonyEllershaw|Chair|||
||Andrew Hoseason|Secretary|||
||Tony Brown|Treasurer|||
||Michael Prince|AssistantTreasurer|||
||Paul Etherington||||
||Bernard Caddy||||
||Mark Langley||08 April 2024||
||Adrian Bullock||08 April 2024||
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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)** 

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## **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)** ~~Za~~ **Full name(s)** Andrew John Hoseason **Position (eg Secretary,** Secretary 

> **Chair, etc)** ~~ee~~ **Date** 14 August 2025 ~~|~~ 



**Ivatt Diesel Re-creation Society 1147032 Receipts and payments accounts CC16a For the period** 01/01/2024 31/12/2024 **To from** ~~ee ee ee a~~ **Section A Receipts and payments Unrestricted Restricted Endowment Total funds Last year funds funds funds to the nearest to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £ £ A1 Receipts -** Co-Co Club 1,440 1,440 1280 Donations 98,171 7325 105,496 39030 Income 3,002 3,002 887 HMRC Gift Aid 4,214 4,214 6740 ~~===~~ _**Sub total** (Gross income for AR)_ **106,827 7,325 - 114,152 47,937 A2 Asset and investment sales, (see table). - - - -** _**Sub total**_ **-** ~~TN ES EE =~~ _**Total receipts**_ **106,827 7,325 - 114,152 47,937** ~~|~~ | ~~| |~~ **A3 Payments** Combined expenditure **39,941 - - 39,941 23,845** _**Sub total**_ **[                    39,941 ] - - 39,941 23,845** ~~eee | s| es~~ | ~~oe | eee~~ **A4 Asset and investment purchases, (see table)** Repayment of loan **1,800 - - 1,800 1,800** _**Sub total**_ **[                      1,800 ] - - 1,800 1,800** ~~SSE~~ _**Total payments**_ ~~|~~ **41,741 - - 41,741 25,645** | ~~| |~~ _**Net of receipts/(payments)**_ **65,086 7,325 - 72,411 22,292 A5 Transfers between funds -               49,053 49,053 - - - A6 Cash funds last year end** 51,601 37089 **88,690 66,398** _**Cash funds this year end**_ ~~——~~ **67,634 93,467 - 161,101 88,690** 

CCXX R1 accounts (SS) 

14/08/2025 

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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**|**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**|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**|||
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||||**Unrestricted**|||**Restricted**||**Endowment**|
|**Categories**|**Details**||**funds**|||**funds**||**funds**|
||||**to nearest £**|||**to nearest £**||**to nearest £**|
|**B1 Cash funds**|Main account||**1,098**|||**-**||**-**|
||Co-Co Club||**-**|||**392**|||
||Electrical cubicle||**-**|||**4,183**|||
||Deposit||**61,532**||||||
||Telehandler||**-**|||**3,076**|||
||Rolling chassis||**-**|||**81,630**|||
||Wheel turning||**-**|||**4,186**|||
||Paypal 1||**-                        158**||||||
||Paypal 2||**-**||||||
||For future appeals||**1**||||||
||Deposit||**5,161**|||||**-**|
||**_Total cash funds_**|**_Total cash funds_**|**67,634**|||**93,467**||**-**|
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||account(s))||OK|||OK||OK|
||||**Unrestricted**|||**Restricted**||**Endowment**|
||||**funds**|||**funds**||**funds**|
||**Details**||**to nearest £**|||**to nearest £**||**to nearest £**|
|**B2 Other monetary assets**|||**-**|||**-**||**-**|
||**Details**||**Fund to which**<br>**asset belongs**|||**Cost (optional)**||**Current value**<br>**(optional)**|
|**B5 Liabilities**<br>**B3 Investment assets**<br>**B4 Assets retained for the**<br>**charity’s own use**|**-**<br>**-**<br>**Fund to which**<br>**asset belongs**<br>**Cost (optional)**<br>**Current value**<br>**(optional)**<br>**-**<br>**7,884**<br>**-**<br>**126,719**<br>**-**<br>**10,000**<br>**-**<br>**3,546**<br>**-**<br>**10,000**<br>**-**<br>**13,850**<br>**Fund to which**<br>**liability relates**<br>**Amount due**<br>**(optional)**<br>**When due**<br>**(optional)**<br>Main Lloyds<br>**2,550**<br>01 May 2026<br>**Details**<br>Interest-free £9k secured loan from a<br>member re purchase and transportation of<br>Sturgeon wagon<br>Workshop equipment<br>**Details**<br>Containers<br>Locomotive parts<br>Motor vehicle<br>Original photographs<br>Rolling stock<br>~~ase~~||||||||
|Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of<br>all the trustees|Signature||Print Name|Print Name|Print Name|||Date of<br>approval|
||||Andrew Hoseason|Andrew Hoseason||||14-Aug-25|



CCXX R2 accounts (SS) 

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Ivar
CHARITY COMMISSION
FOR ENGLAND AND WALES
Independent examiner's
report on the accounts
•••
Section A
Independent Examiner's Report
Report to the trusteesl
members of
Ivatt Diesel Re-creation Society
On accounts for the year
ended
31st December 2024
Charity no
(if any)
1147032
Set out on pages
I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above
charity for the year ended 3111212024.
Résponsibilities and As the charity trustees of the Trust, you are responsible for the preparation
basis of report of the accounts in accordance with 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 carrying out my examination, I
have followed the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission
under section 145(5){b) of the Act.
I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have
come to my attention in connection 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
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 if they do not apply.
Independent
examiner's statement
Signed:
Date:
1418124
Name:
Mr APW Pilkington
Relevant professional
qualification(s) or body
(if any):
FCA
Address:
Randalls Cottage, Chalford Hill, Stroud GL6 8LF
IER
October 2018

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 brief details of
any items that the
examiner wishes to
disclose.
IER
October 2018